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Python Algorithmic Trading Cookbook

You're reading from  Python Algorithmic Trading Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in Aug 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838989354
Pages 542 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Pushpak Dagade Pushpak Dagade
Profile icon Pushpak Dagade

Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface 1. Handling and Manipulating Date, Time, and Time Series Data 2. Stock Markets - Primer on Trading 3. Fetching Financial Data 4. Computing Candlesticks and Historical Data 5. Computing and Plotting Technical Indicators 6. Placing Regular Orders on the Exchange 7. Placing Bracket and Cover Orders on the Exchange 8. Algorithmic Trading Strategies - Coding Step by Step 9. Algorithmic Trading - Backtesting 10. Algorithmic Trading - Paper Trading 11. Algorithmic Trading - Real Trading 12. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix I
1. Appendix II
2. Appendix III

Placing a regular stoploss-limit order

A regular stoploss-limit order is a type of order where a single order is placed at a specific price. Unlike the regular market order, this is not the market price. To place this order, two specific parameters are needed, the trigger price and the limit price. These parameters should satisfy the following conditions:

  • For a BUY order, we need to observe the following:
  • The trigger price and limit price should be above the market price.
  • The limit price should be greater than the trigger price.
  • For a SELL order, the following should be observed:
  • The trigger price and limit price should be below the market price.
  • The limit price should be lower than the trigger price.

If these conditions are not satisfied, the order may either get placed at the market price, essentially converting it into a regular market order, or may be rejected by the broker as an invalid order.

On placing a regular stoploss-limit order, it goes through various intermediate states...

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