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[2022-08-12 14:34:01]
User585993 - Posts: 83
I have an automated system working perfectly on SIM and replay mode but it doesn't fire with a live account, although I can enter a trade manually, I use CQG and have enough funds to cover margins. Any idea how to solve this issue? Thanks in advance!
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-08-12 15:00:45
[2022-08-12 15:31:09]
User585993 - Posts: 83
I think I found the solution! Automated Trading Management: SendOrdersToTradeService
[2022-08-12 15:47:32]
Sawtooth - Posts: 4184
You must also uncheck Trade >> Trade Simulation Mode On
[2022-08-12 18:38:38]
User585993 - Posts: 83
I have enabled "Send Orders to Trade Service" & unchecked "Trade Simulation On" and the issue persist, any idea what would it be? and I have autotrading enable on global & chart
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-08-12 18:42:09
[2022-08-12 19:34:44]
John - SC Support - Posts: 38678
When it gives a signal to Buy/Sell check your "Trade Service Log" and see if there is any information on why the order did not go through. Refer to the following for the Trade Service Log:
Trading Information Windows: Trade Service Log
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[2022-08-12 19:55:01]
User585993 - Posts: 83
Trade Service Log is blank
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-08-12 19:58:10
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[2022-08-12 20:04:10]
John - SC Support - Posts: 38678
That is the Trade Activity Log. We need the Trade >> Trade Service Log.
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[2022-08-12 20:10:07]
User585993 - Posts: 83
Here's what it shows:
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:11:11.200
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:11:21.700
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:11:25.195
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:11:30.200
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:11:40.700
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:11:56.215
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:12:11.715
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:12:16.715
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:12:23.215
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:12:35.715
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:12:37.215
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:12:40.215
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:12:48.215
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:13:03.715
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:13:05.215
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:13:07.715
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:13:09.215
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:13:11.715
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:13:23.715
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:13:25.715
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:13:30.215
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:13:31.215
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:13:33.715
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:13:36.215
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K4 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:11:01 | 2022-08-12 19:13:39.715
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:13:39 | 2022-08-12 19:13:41.715
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:13:39 | 2022-08-12 19:13:50.214
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:13:39 | 2022-08-12 19:13:52.715
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:13:39 | 2022-08-12 19:13:55.215
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:13:39 | 2022-08-12 19:14:00.715
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:13:39 | 2022-08-12 19:14:03.214
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:13:39 | 2022-08-12 19:14:05.215
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:13:39 | 2022-08-12 19:14:07.215
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:13:39 | 2022-08-12 19:14:10.718
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:13:39 | 2022-08-12 19:17:02.714
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:13:39 | 2022-08-12 19:17:57.230
Auto-trade: F.US.MESU22/F.US.MESU22[M] Renko 8t #1 | LEFTLANE AUTOTRADER | Spreadsheet order signal has been ignored because Auto Trading has been disabled (Cell J28/J85). | 2022-08-12 19:31:06.242
Auto-trade: F.US.MESU22/F.US.MESU22[M] Renko 8t #1 | LEFTLANE AUTOTRADER | Spreadsheet order signal has been ignored because Auto Trading has been disabled (Cell J28/J85). | 2022-08-12 19:50:11.271
TradeActivity files query time: 0.014936 seconds. Entries: 0. Current queries: 1 | 2022-08-12 19:55:50.796
TradeActivity files query time: 0.005163 seconds. Entries: 0. Current queries: 1 | 2022-08-12 19:55:51.893
TradeActivity files query time: 0.004679 seconds. Entries: 0. Current queries: 1 | 2022-08-12 19:55:54.337
TradeActivity files query time: 0.002487 seconds. Entries: 0. Current queries: 1 | 2022-08-12 19:55:55.969
TradeActivity files query time: 0.001432 seconds. Entries: 0. Current queries: 1 | 2022-08-12 19:55:57.975
TradeActivity files query time: 0.001405 seconds. Entries: 0. Current queries: 1 | 2022-08-12 19:56:06.917
TradeActivity files query time: 0.001487 seconds. Entries: 0. Current queries: 1 | 2022-08-12 19:56:11.837
Auto-trade: F.US.MESU22/F.US.MESU22[M] Renko 8t #1 | LEFTLANE AUTOTRADER | Spreadsheet order signal has been ignored because Auto Trading has been disabled (Cell J28/J85). | 2022-08-12 19:56:46.284
Trade Order Error - CQG order update. Status: REJECTED. Text: The order type is not allowed for the commodity. Internal Order ID: 165574. Service Order ID: 1637524177. Symbol: F.US.MESU22. Account: 1009934 | 2022-08-12 19:56:59.072 *
Trade Order Error - CQG order update. Status: REJECTED. Text: This order was rejected with other order in compound order. Internal Order ID: 165575. Service Order ID: 1637524178. Symbol: F.US.MESU22. Account: 1009934 | 2022-08-12 19:56:59.073 *
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:59:06 | 2022-08-12 19:59:43.455
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:59:06 | 2022-08-12 19:59:47.949
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar. | Cell: K3 | Bar start date-time: 2022-08-12 14:59:06 | 2022-08-12 19:59:50.455
[2022-08-12 21:12:56]
John - SC Support - Posts: 38678
There are a few items going on here:
Buy Entry | Signal ignored because 'Signal Only Once Per Bar' is enabled and a signal was already given from formula column for bar.

This is probably not an issue, but it is just telling you that you are getting Buy signals after you already had one for the bar, but you have the option for "Signal Only Once Per Bar" enabled, therefore any additional signals after the first one, are being ignored.

Auto-trade: F.US.MESU22/F.US.MESU22[M] Renko 8t #1 | LEFTLANE AUTOTRADER | Spreadsheet order signal has been ignored because Auto Trading has been disabled

This would be a good reason why you are unable to send trades to your trading service. Make sure the two options for Auto-Trading are enabled - Trade >> Auto-Trading Enabled - Global and Trade >> Auto Trading Enabled - Chart.

Trade Order Error - CQG order update. Status: REJECTED. Text: The order type is not allowed for the commodity. Internal Order ID: 165574. Service Order ID: 1637524177. Symbol: F.US.MESU22. Account: 1009934

This means that an order went through to CQG, but CQG rejected it. You would need to look at why the Order Type was not allowed, or call your broker and ask to get more information on that rejection.
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