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Auto-Trading by spreadsheet only open 1 contract size and how to open limit order?

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[2024-11-11 14:12:30]
User515613 - Posts: 10
Hi Sierra Chart support,

I have setup spreadsheet for trading to open trade but it only open 1 contract size while I used attached order and clicked on 2 contract size. Please refer to attached screenshot for your reference and let me know what I missed?

Further to this, how can I setup spreadsheet for trading to open buy limit at lowest closed of previous hour and open sell limit at highest closed of pervious hour? I can't find any detail on this from documentations. Hope you can assist.

Thanks and regards,
Ken B
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[2024-11-11 16:24:57]
John - SC Support - Posts: 36238
If you have specified a quantity in the J column cell for "Order Quantity" then this will override the quantity that is set in the Trade Window. Refer to the following:
Spreadsheet Systems, Alerts and Automated Trading: Order Quantity [J26]

To open a Buy Limit or Sell Limit you need to set the J column cell for "Buy Entry: Order Type" and/or "Sell Entry" Order Type" to be "L" for Limit (or "SL" for Stop Limit) and then set the J column cell for "Limit or Stop Price - Buy Entry" and/or "Limit or Stop Price - Sell Entry" to be the Limit price you want. You can enter a formula in these cells to get the previous hour's Lowest and Highest values. Refer to the following:
Spreadsheet Systems, Alerts and Automated Trading: Buy Entry: Order Type [J71]

Spreadsheet Systems, Alerts and Automated Trading: Limit or Stop Prices [J22, J23, J24, J25]


Spreadsheet Functions: Serial DateTime Values
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Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing
[2024-11-12 01:53:18]
User515613 - Posts: 10
Thank you so much John. It solved my issues.

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