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Date/Time: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:28:09 +0000

[Programming Help] - Maximum Positions Allowed infrequently does not work as intended

[2022-09-14 23:46:13] #1 [Go To First Post]
User404097 - Posts: 10
Hello. We are currently running a strategy that relies heavily on the SC.MaximumPositionsAllowed. 99.8% of the time, it works perfectly, meaning we do not enter a position if already in one. However, there has been 2 occurrences in the last month where we were put in 54 and 40 contracts when our MaximumPositionAllowed was set to 8. Directly after flattening the 54 contract trade we re-entered, (without changing anything) and we were capped at the expected 8 contracts. I guess my question is, why does this happen? Are there other approaches anyone could suggest? I would assume there is some sort of lag happening with the confirmation of an order being placed. However because we cannot pinpoint it down to a specific scenario, it is extremely hard for me as a developer to approach this issue. I guess we can try to use persistent variables but I figured that is the same kind of data storage used for SC.MaximumPositionsAllowed. Any sort of help, advice, or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!

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