Order Status Reason 81

[wertmandu 1]

Hello I have been running into the following json response when my program is attempting to close a position:

{"Status":2,"Quote":null,"Orders":[{"Status":10,"CommissionCharge":0,"Associated":false,"StatusReason":81,"AssociatedOrders":{"Stop":null,"Limit":null},"Quantity":0,"OrderId":0,"TriggerPrice":0,"GuaranteedPremium":0,"IfDone":[],"Price":0,"OrderTypeId":1,"OCO":null}],"Actions":[],"StatusReason":75,"OrderId":0,"ErrorMessage":null}

So far I have gathered that it means something with Web Min Size. My question is what is Web Min Size? My call on my java backend looks like this:

String TradeBaseUrl = "https://ciapi.cityindex.com/TradingAPI/order/newtradeorder/";

        CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();

        HttpPost postRequest = new HttpPost(TradeBaseUrl + "?UserName=" + username + "&Session=" + session);
        String direction;
        if(tradeType.contentEquals("BULL"))
            direction = "sell";
        else if(tradeType.contentEquals("BEAR"))
            direction = "buy";
        else
            direction = "Not Determined";

        String jsonBody = "{" +
                "\"MarketID\": " + marketID + ", " +
                "\"Direction\": \""+direction+"\", " +
                "\"BidPrice\":  " + bidPrice + ", " +
                "\"OfferPrice\":  " + offerPrice + ", " +
                "\"Quantity\":  " + quantity + ", " +
                "\"OrderID\":  "+openingID+", " +
                "\"positionMethodId\": 1, " +
                "\"TradingAccountId\": " + tradingAccountID + ", " +
                "\"MarketName\": \"" + marketName + "\", " +
                "\"isTrade\": true" +
                "}";

I only started to get these errors when I started testing with quantities greater than 1000.

[wertmandu 1]

After finding a post from 2019 with user OldWiseAndExperienced, I see that it might have an issue with Quantity, but as I said before I have had success opening and closing trades when it was just 1000 lots. Now I am experimenting with larger quantities between 2000 ~ 3000 + and now I am running into this error. Can anyone provide more information?

Here is another example call from Postman that sometimes returns a valid trade close and other times gives me an 81: Position below Web Min Size.

 

"MarketId": 401449252,

"MarketName": "GBP/USD",

"Direction": "buy",

"BidPrice": 1.35646,

"OfferPrice": 1.35677,

"OrderId": 773976947,

"Quantity": 2461,

"TradingAccountId": *****,

"isTrade": true,

"PositionMethodId": 1,

"Close": [773976947]

 

I am running out of ideas. If anyone knows anything please let me know.

[Physicsman 28]

Hello,

In your first post, you pasted the JSON response received from the servers. I note that the Quantity field has a value of zero, hence the error code that it is below the minimum trade size.

Are you sending a trade close request without a Quantity value? You need to send in the position size you are closing in your close trade request.

Quote

{"Status":2,"Quote":null,"Orders":[{"Status":10,"CommissionCharge":0,"Associated":false,"StatusReason":81,"AssociatedOrders":{"Stop":null,"Limit":null},"Quantity":0,"OrderId":0,"TriggerPrice":0,"GuaranteedPremium":0,"IfDone":[],"Price":0,"OrderTypeId":1,"OCO":null}],"Actions":[],"StatusReason":75,"OrderId":0,"ErrorMessage":null}

 

Kind Regards, PM

[wertmandu 1]

I will check to see the code is in fact grabbing the quantity correctly, however I believe that I have not made any changes in that respect for creating the json to send. On the other hand I have only just recently began testing with quantities larger than 1000. I will report back if it is an error with my code attempting to send incorrect information. 

[wertmandu 1]

I have looked over it and have concluded that I am getting the right quantity size for the call, however now I am noticing a new response like so:

{"Status":4,"Quote":null,"Orders":[],"Actions":[],"StatusReason":61,"OrderId":0,"ErrorMessage":null}

and dock.labs.gaincapital.com is down, do you know what that one particularly means?

[Physicsman 28]

Hello,

The API documentation site is down temporarily and will be up again hopefully next week. In the meantime, please use the attached PDF file, which is a full export of the documentation from the site. Once the site is back online then you can use that again. 

I think it will be most helpful to troubleshoot, if you show me the JSON request you are sending to close the trade and the response you receive back from the server.

Additionally, if and only if you are using a DEMO account (not a real Live money account), then you can send me via private message your account credentials. I can then try placing a trade and closing the position on the account using API commands.  

Kind Regards, PM

 

CIAPI User Guide.pdf

[wertmandu 1]

I do apologize for this tardious response, a lot has happened in the past few months. I am now able to get back to this project and try to pick up back from where I left off.

In terms of a json request it should look like this example:

POST: https://ciapi.cityindex.com/TradingAPI/order/newtradeorder/?UserName=* clientusernamehere *&Session=* sessionidhere *

json{

"MarketID": 401449250,
"Direction": "sell",
"BidPrice": 1.17425,
"OfferPrice": 1.17441,
"Quantity": 1225,
"OrderID": 806527395,
"positionMethod": 1,
"TradingAccountId": *tradingacountidhere*,
"MarketName": "EUR/USD",
"Close": [806527395],
"isTrade": true

}

We generate the body in java like so:

String jsonBody = "{" +
                "\"MarketID\": " + marketID + ", " +
                "\"Direction\": \""+direction+"\", " +
                "\"BidPrice\":  " + bidPrice + ", " +
                "\"OfferPrice\":  " + offerPrice + ", " +
                "\"Quantity\":  " + quantity + ", " +
                "\"OrderID\":  "+openingID+", " +
                "\"positionMethodId\": 1, " +
                "\"TradingAccountId\": " + tradingAccountID + ", " +
                "\"MarketName\": \"" + marketName + "\", " +
                "\"Close\": ["+openingID+"], "+
                "\"isTrade\": true" +
                "}";

It has changed from always giving an 81 error to sometimes actually going through. I am unsure if it is Java or something else in my call. When I use postman to simulate a call I can get through fine. If I make a speculative question, does closing a position sometimes split the order to different buyers? If not sorry for asking dumb questions. I do also apologize again for taking such an extended hiatus.

Edited September 23, 2021 by wertmandu
Incomplete (accidentally hit ctrl+enter instead of shift+enter)

[Physicsman 28]

Hi Wertmandu,

It's absolutley fine to take things at your own pace - there's no rush and no need to apologise! 

The JSON for your closing call is correctly setup so the Java implementation should work if there are no errors in the Java. We're leaning towards there being something in the Java code causing the problems for the following reasons:

1. When you send the API call natively via Postman there are no problems.
2. No other clients have encountered this pronblem. (All our clients are using the API, whether directly, or from our trading platforms that uses the API).

 

Might be worth checking through the Java code to see if you can spot something there. One quick question: are you attempting to full close your open position or only partially close it? 

In answer to your question, closing a position does not split it up. 

Kind Regards, PM