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Hello, I am having difficulty entering stop loss orders. I place a Market Order as below:
OrderTicket newOrder = MarketOrder(symbol, lotSize);
I then try to immediately add a Stop Loss order:
this._stopLossTicket = StopMarketOrder(this.Symbol, this.Quantity * -1, price);
When I backtest this solution I get the following error:
Runtime Error: This asset symbol (USDCAD) was not found in your security list. Please add this security or check it exists before using it with 'Securities.ContainsKey("USDCAD")'
My Trades tab does show that my market order was filled. I assume that my market order is not updating my security list before I try to add the stop loss. What is the best practice for entering a stop loss on a new market order?
Thanks!
Garrick Olsen
James Smith
Jared Broad
+1 for James' comment :) Please also share the algorithm for better assistance, its hard to debug the issue with only the lines pasted above.
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Garrick Olsen
I started a new project and implemented the stop loss orders in the same manner (or at least the same manner that I'm INTENDING to in my main algorithm) and they worked fine, so this is definitely something in my algorithm and not a Lean problem. I'll keep plugging away at it -- thanks for the insight!
James Smith
Garrick Olsen
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