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Confused by the different kind of Stops for Bitmex, need help

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[2019-07-05 11:01:11]
JossBeaumont - Posts: 7
I can't set up correctly my stops for Bitmex and I am getting confused by the SC documentation.

If I just set a regular Stop Limit order like I always do, then on Bitmex I still pay the taker fees (probably because my order is filled immediately and count as a market order...)

So I would like to use a Stop as follow:

Let's say that I buy 1 contract at a price of 100.
I want that when we reach a price of 90 a limit sell order is sent to the order book at 92.
If the price bounce 2 ticks up from 90, my order will be filled as a limit order.
But if the price goes down, I want the stop to follow the price at a distance of 2 ticks.
For example, if the price drop to 85 then my limit sell order will follow at 87, and so on until the price bounce up 2 ticks and my order is finally filled.

To accomplish this, what type of Stop should I place and what parameters for:

Targets >> Stop Offset, Trail Offset, Trigger Offset
Set >> Stop-Limit Order Limit Offset >> Primary Orders, Attached Orders
and perhaps also for Main >> M >> Orders

Thanks for your help

PS: In Global Settings >> Data/Trade Service Settings I have set ParticipateDoNotInitiate to True, I'm not sure it's a good idea for my purpose
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2019-07-05 11:57:56
[2019-07-05 19:33:16]
JossBeaumont - Posts: 7
Someone help, please. I am struggling for hours with all the different stops and I can't find one that works.
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2019-07-05 19:33:40
[2019-07-06 01:57:33]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
The closest that will be available is a Triggered Limit but it is not going to chase the market as you want:
Order Types: Triggered Limit
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