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I have been looking at the limit and stop orders and I am having trouble getting my algo to take profits at a certain percentage. Could any thoroughly explain how to do this, then provide the correct template code. Thanks!!!
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Douglas Stridsberg
Hi, welcome to QuantConnect.
A good place to start if you're new to the framework is to complete the Bootcamps.
If that doesn't answer your question, you can move onto the Documentation, which has a section on Order Types.
Your question is very basic and has been answered countless times before on the forums. The forums have a search function which you should use before you post a new thread. Here's what I searched for and the first result that came up answers your question.
Link Liang
Hi Ez,
To take profits we need limit order.
Assuming you made an order by:
self.MarketOrder(symbol, quantity)then we could take profit by
self.LimitOrder(symbol, -quantity, currentPrice * (1 + takeProfitPercent))Similarly, if you short by
self.MarketOrder(symbol, -quantity)then we could place
self.LimitOrder(symbol, quantity, currentPrice * (1 - takeProfitPercent))There are many helpful posts in the forum. Besides, feel free to share you algorithm and we could discuss the implementation in details.
Ez Buckets
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