API for Trade Ticket...

[Trader_V]

Hi. Is there any Medved API to populate a trade ticket? If not, are there any plans for this?

Thanks!

[Jerry Medved]

actually, there is but not documented yet. we will however be updating our API at which time lots of things will change.  In general, our API docs are at https://medvedtrader.com/api

the command in question is FillTradeTicket and is done as a POST to:

http://127.0.0.1:16239/req?FillTradeTicket(SYMBOL, UpdateType, ForceNewInstance)

(UpdateType and ForceNewInstance can be omitted, in which case they will be ReplaceAll and false respectively)

SYMBOL: obvious
UpdateType: there are a bunch of options but basically should just use ReplaceAll, meaning that everything on the trade ticket will be replaced with newly provided values
ForceNewInstance: if true, then always create a new TradeTicket window. Otherwise, it will reuse existing one if there is one

POST DATA should  be JSON or XML like this:
<Order>
    <CommandType>NewOrder</CommandType>
    <ConditionalType>None</ConditionalType>
    <Legs>
        <Symbol>NFLX</Symbol>
        <Quantity>100</Quantity>
        <Action>Buy</Action>
        <OrderType>Limit</OrderType>
        <LimitPrice>420.00</LimitPrice>
        <Routing>NSDQ</Routing>
        <DisplaySize>200</DisplaySize>
        <TIF>Day</TIF>
        <TIFDate>2020-10-19</TIFDate>
    </Legs>
</Order>

Fill in the values accordingly. If JSON, same structure as above

 

[Trader_V]

Thanks, Jerry!

[Trader_V]

Will COLOR also be available for FillTradeTicket so that multiple tickets can get populated? 

Thanks again, Jerry.

[Jerry Medved]

Color (Symbol Linking) is kind of a separate thing. There is already a function for setting a symbol for a symbol linking color. There is no functionality - in UI or API for setting an order based on the symbol linking color

[Trader_V]

Thanks, Jerry. I'll have to play with it and figure out how to blend the API functionality and my trading style.