Hey readers, im having issues with my hotkeys on TWS. i have set up my hot keys under configuration and chart trader. it keeps asking me to set my limit price when i hit my hot key, but i clicked for it to hit the ask when im buying and bid when im selling? ive tried to find other videos online about this, but i have had no luck, if you think you might be able to help me out let me know !
I'm not absolutely certain but there is good chance the issue you may be running into here is a problem with the stock not accepting 3 decimal place ask prices (i.e. upto the thousandths). For example, let's say the ask is 2.50 and based on your parameters 1% of 2.50 is 0.025 but the stock only allows prices of 2.50, 2.51, 2.52, etc. instead of 2.525. It is set to accept decimals upto hundreths instead of thousandths. This parameter should work fine for very low priced stocks.
I would recommend setting separate hotkeys for lower and higher priced stocks if you still want to use the % offset. Otherwise you can set an offset in cents which should work universally for lower and higher priced stocks.
your suggestion didnt work and i also tried every setting and still wouldnt work, also thanks for your reply and tip!
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