Execute a trade on current bar/candlestick

• 05/19/2016 at 9:23 PM #7426
  algotrader

  Hello All
  Looking for a code to execute a trade on current bar/candlestick
  Please advise.
  Thanks,
  Amit.

  

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  05/19/2016 at 10:27 PM #7429
  Nicolas

  Hello Amit,

  What do you mean exactly? Because trades ON MARKET (not pending ones) are only launched once at the end of the bar.

  

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  05/20/2016 at 6:08 AM #7431
  algotrader

  Hi Nicolas
  Well, I want to trade on the ‘NOW’.
  Trading on the ‘NEXT BAR’ is too late.
  If there is news that move price significantly, I want to take advantage on that.
  Waiting for the next bar is no good for the strategy.

  

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  05/20/2016 at 8:16 AM #7440
  Nicolas

  Sorry it’s not possible unless you use pending orders like STOP or LIMIT ones. These kind of orders will be executed at the exact price you placed them but of course you’ll never know when they will be executed.

  

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  05/22/2016 at 5:05 AM #7661
  algotrader

  I understand
  Thank you.

  

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