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Re: [amibroker] ib controller 1.2.0 truncate price to 2 decimal places only



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thanks a lot.
btw, I have a conceptual question on applying trailing stop using the function applystop.

if I apply trailing stop before proceeding to my logic for doing realtime trade,
ApplyStop(stopTypeTrailing, 2, 10, 2, True );

for 10% trailing profit stopping.

then I have another function to work on the Buy, Sell, Cover, Short and determine how to place the ibc.placeorder function.

are those parameters actually changed by the applystop function so that I don't have to rest of the code?  Thanks.

Rgds,
Jacky




On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Tomasz Janeczko <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

No it does not truncate anything. It rounds to user-specified TickSize.
You really need to READ the documentation
 
It clearly says:
 
PlaceOrder( string Ticker, string Action, number Quantity, string Type, number LimitPrice, number StopPrice, string TimeInForce, bool Transmit, [optional] number TickSize = 100, [optional] string Attributes = "", [optional] string ParentID = "", [optional] string OCAGroup, [optional] number OCAType, [optional] string FAParams)
 
 
  • TickSize - defines minimum price fluctuation allowed for given symbol expressed in pips (= 0.0001). For most US stocks it is 100 (represents 0.01 move), for most currencies: 1 (represents 0.0001 move), if minimum move is less than 0.0001 you can use fractional values for example 1/100 for 0.000001 move.


  • Best regards,
    Tomasz Janeczko
    amibroker.com
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: jacky lee
    Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 8:15 AM
    Subject: [amibroker] ib controller 1.2.0 truncate price to 2 decimal places only

    Hi All,
        I found that the IB controller truncate the price I supplied to only 2 digital.  For most stock, it's ok, but when I trade forex, this is a big problem, e.g. EurUSd 1.415 become 1.42.  Any one can help?


    Rgds,
    Jacky

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