Shawn Monnin 0 Posted November 27, 2020 Good afternoon, I am a new to day trading, and new to the group. Been trading a few weeks, currently using Das Pro with CMEG. I've used the BBT template to build out my buttons on montage. This morning I had a new situation occur and it was confusing to me, and cost me some money. I wanted your input: I was adding shares of Tesla 25 at a time, using the following code: ROUTE=SMRTL; Share=25; Price=Ask+0.10;TIF=DAY+;BUY=Send;TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:MARKET StopPrice:AvgCost-1.00 ACT:SELL QTY:POS TIF:DAY+ This code creates a safety stop of -$25. Works great, for the first 25 shares. But today I used the button to order 25 shares, and then add another 25 shares. Took the pooch for a walk, and came back to realize that my initial long position was closed and I was now in a short position, losing money. Thought it was maybe a one off thing, but then had it happen a 2nd time. Closed out of DAS Pro and was able to re-create the action in my practice account. Attached a screen shot. Looks like it created a stop for the first 25, but then created a a 2nd position of 50 on a SS position. I don't recall this happening before. When I stopped out on the first 25, it flipped my position to a short holding 25 shares and losing. Thoughts? Thanks ion advance! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peterB 138 Posted November 28, 2020 its all working as expected and align with your hotkey. you need to "cancel previous order" if you add up or use a different syntax hotkey which would contain the CXL ALLSYMB; which cancels the current orders for the symbols and by the way your route is wrong for CMEG> it should be LIMIT not SMRTL which is an Interactive Brokers route Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
