ProOrder doesn't work in weekends in XBTUSD (Bitcoin/USD) CFD

• 09/17/2018 at 1:58 PM #80697
  Seb

  Hello all, I want to alert users and ask ProRealTime developers about the fact that ProOrder doesn’t send orders correctly during the weekends in IG’s XBTUSD (E1) CFD (Bitcoin/USD). Try a simple code such as this during the weekend on a short timeframe:

  simple example of a code that doesn't work in xbtusd in the weekends

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Main code : Bitcoin weekend error //------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEFPARAM CumulateOrders = False // Cumulating positions deactivated //long order IF not longonmarket and close crosses over Average[20] THEN BUY 1 CONTRACTS AT MARKET ENDIF //short order IF not shortonmarket and close crosses under Average[20] THEN SELLSHORT 1 CONTRACTS AT MARKET ENDIF //stoploss SET STOP PLOSS 500 SET TARGET PPROFIT 1000

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  //------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Main code : Bitcoin weekend error //------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEFPARAM CumulateOrders = False // Cumulating positions deactivated   //long order IF not longonmarket and close crosses over Average[20] THEN BUY 1 CONTRACTS AT MARKET ENDIF   //short order IF not shortonmarket and close crosses under Average[20] THEN SELLSHORT 1 CONTRACTS AT MARKET ENDIF   //stoploss SET STOP PLOSS 500 SET TARGET PPROFIT 1000

  It won’t generate orders. If it has a position open on Friday, it will keep this position open during the weekend even if the strategy is supposed to close it according to ProBacktest.

  It is remarkable that the chart doesn’t “expect” there to be a next bar during the weekend on the time axis. For example if it’s 13:00 on Saturday, the chart displays correctly all the past bars, but it expects the next bar to be on Monday according to the time axis. However, if the intraday bar is finished, the next Saturday bar inserts correctly. On the attached image this becomes clear as there was data past weekend, but next Saturday there’s no data expected.

  The issue that strategies don’t work correctly during the weekends is quite significant since the underlying Bitcoin is a 24/7 market.

  Is this a problem that is being addressed at the moment?

  

  Seb

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