Stop and Limit not set when opening new position

[james 0]

I realize my follow up question on a previous thread was confusing, so I'm moving it here. As always, I really appreciate all of your help and patience!

I'm having trouble getting a stop and limit set when I open a new position using the /newtradeorder api endpoint. The request gets accepted, the response looks okay other than IfDone being empty, and I can see the open position when logging in via the platform with no stop or limit set.

What am I doing wrong?  I'm spinning my wheels, and need the insights of some smarter eyes.

Here is the request I am sending:

{
  "BidPrice": "1511.21",
  "Direction": "buy",
  "MarketId": "401153870",
  "OfferPrice": "1511.66",
  "PositionMethodId": 1,
  "Quantity": 1,
  "TradingAccountId": "401589313",
  "IfDone": {
    "Stop": {
      "Applicability": "gtc",
      "Direction": "sell",
      "ExpiryDateTimeUTC": null,
      "Guaranteed": false,
      "IfDone": [],
      "OcoOrder": null,
      "OrderId": null,
      "Quantity": 1,
      "TriggerPrice": 1510.94
    },
    "Limit": {
      "Applicability": "gtc",
      "Direction": "sell",
      "ExpiryDateTimeUTC": null,
      "IfDone": [],
      "OcoOrder": null,
      "OrderId": null,
      "Quantity": 1,
      "TriggerPrice": 1511.94
    }
  }
}

 

and here is the response:

{
  "Status": 1,
  "StatusReason": 1,
  "OrderId": 693438627,
  "Orders": [
    {
      "OrderId": 693438627,
      "StatusReason": 1,
      "Status": 3,
      "OrderTypeId": 1,
      "Price": 1511.58,
      "Quantity": 1,
      "TriggerPrice": 0,
      "CommissionCharge": 0,
      "IfDone": [],
      "GuaranteedPremium": 0,
      "OCO": null,
      "AssociatedOrders": {
        "Stop": null,
        "Limit": null
      },
      "Associated": false
    }
  ],
  "Quote": null,
  "Actions": [
    {
      "ActionedOrderId": 0,
      "ActioningOrderId": 0,
      "Quantity": 1,
      "ProfitAndLoss": 0,
      "ProfitAndLossCurrency": null,
      "OrderActionTypeId": 1
    }
  ],
  "ErrorMessage": null
}

Thank you!

- James

[Physicsman 26]

Hi,

I'll take a look in more detail and send you a reply as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience!

Kind Regards, PM

[Physicsman 26]

Hi @james,

It looks as though it is a syntax error in your request - a simple case of missing square brackets [ ]  around the Stop and Limit orders. 

I sent a successful call to place a trade with attached stop/limit orders and then did a line by line examination of my request with yours. I spotted the missing square brackets in your pasted code and have highlighted with green arrows in my screenshot below. I think if you add the square brackets to your call then it should work fine.

Kind Regards, PM

[james 0]

That did it. I cannot believe I overlooked such a simple problem so many times. Thank you!