Minimum size discrepancy

• 01/03/2025 at 3:07 PM #242117
  Leo440

  Hello everyone and happy new year!

  I am trying to run a new strategy on spread-bet demo and keep getting rejected. I like to run the smallest size possible, which I believe to be £0.05 per point on DJI (see attached screenshot taken from IG), however in the PRT order list it gives £1 per point as the minimum.

  I have made a code to see what can get through on the backtest and that came back as 0.2 – still much more than expected.

  Any ideas?

  cheers
  Leo

  DJI size test

  defparam cumulateorders = false positionsize = 0.2 if high > low then buy positionsize perpoint at market endif if longonmarket and low > high then sell at market exitshort at market endif //-----// if low > high then sellshort positionsize perpoint at market endif if shortonmarket and low < high then sell at market exitshort at market endif

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  defparam cumulateorders = false   positionsize = 0.2     if high > low then buy positionsize perpoint at market endif   if longonmarket and low > high then sell at market exitshort at market endif   //-----//   if low > high then sellshort positionsize perpoint at market endif   if shortonmarket and low < high then sell at market exitshort at market endif

   

   

   

   

  

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  01/03/2025 at 6:26 PM #242123
  GraHal

  Leo440 wrote:

  I believe to be £0.05 per point on DJI

  With IG on SB, min pos size on DJI is …

  1.   £0.20 per point on Live.
     2.  £1.00 per point on Demo.

  

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  01/03/2025 at 7:57 PM #242126
  Leo440

  Thanks for the reply GH….Is there somewhere I can see that in PRT? I have been working from what IG has on their browser platform so far and they have 0.5 on demo and 0.05 on live for dji

  

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  01/03/2025 at 9:01 PM #242128
  GraHal

  IG have a ‘reduced minimum pos size’ for 1 month after opening an account.

  https://www.ig.com/uk/reduced-minimums

  Ispent 5 mins or so trying to find a link for you to IG’s ‘standard position sizes’ (applied after the first 1 month) … I could not find a link for you, sorry.

  Here is a link to the type of info you need (link below is for CFD’s).

  https://a.c-dn.net/c/content/dam/publicsites/1627463062749/igcom/sg/files/product_module/ProductDetails/Indices/Contract%20Details%20-%20IG%20Wall%20Street.pdf

   

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  01/03/2025 at 9:12 PM #242130
  Leo440

  GraHal wrote:

  IG have a ‘reduced minimum pos size’ for 1 month after opening an account.

  Aha! That will be why. You’ll recall from another thread I only recently opened my SB account.

  Thanks for your help!

  Leo

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