BlueCollarDayTrading Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 So the problem is the Quantity does not update properly when changing symbols. So in the Application Settings> Trading> Accounts> Quantity> Trans. Value $ (You are able to set a dollar value for trades and this will calculate the share size for you. Great love this feature.) However, so if the Setting has $25,000 - QTY Min 1, Max 25,000, Round QTY Down to Nearest 1 for this setting, and if I have symbol X on a chart and it is a $25 dollar stock and the quantity is set 1000 shares, and if I change it to symbol Y and that symbol is a $100 dollar stock it will still be 1000 shares. Is this a bug or is the software not able to update this value in real time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 when I did that, it updated the QTY on the chart's trading tab. are the quotes updating on the symbols in portfolio before you switch to them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCollarDayTrading Posted February 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 I am using symbols that appear in my scan not in my portfolio/watchlist. If I have a symbol in a watchlist it does update but does not update for any other symbols. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 scan - MT scan? that would still be a portfolio window, no? if MT does not have a quote on the symbol at the time you switch, it might not be able to default the QTY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCollarDayTrading Posted February 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 No I am using Thinkorswim scanners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCollarDayTrading Posted February 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 Is this a bug you can fix. Or maybe even make a button that will update to the Last price and set the quantity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 button - you can do that. You can create a hotkey/saved order and make it show as a button and make it do the default. As for fixing - I have it on the todo to check again. I do remember that we had a delayed retry for the QTY if quote came in late, but can only do that for short time after symbol changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 I have been trying to recreate the situation by typing in symbols directly into the trade ticket. how exactly are you entering the symbol that it is not working? and which screen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCollarDayTrading Posted February 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 (edited) I have an intraday chart with trading enabled, an historical chart, a Trade Ticket, a DOM, and Thinkorswim open running a scan. I also have the MT Dashboard, Account View, a single Watchlist with a few symbols usually about 15-20. When a new stock pops up in the the scanner I put it into the intraday chart which is linked to the historical, DOM, and trade ticket. If I enter a trade I put the symbol in a new intraday chart. The Quantity does not update if it is a new symbol. The quantity will update properly if I am getting the symbol data in a watchlist. However, I just checked it with a random symbol and it does not update to the proper quantity if I am not receiving data for that symbol. As you mentioned it is set to update if the quote comes in late. I think this is more the issue is if there is a longer delay in backfilling the symbol it does not work. I will check to see if the issue correlates with symbols that do not backfill as quick. Edited February 16, 2022 by BlueCollarDayTrading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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