New hotkey action request

[TraderB]

Hello Jerry,

I place my orders from Level2 with hotkey (send=false) and then using keys to adjust the order and after submit with Buy or Sell without using the mouse. With tab key and cursor keys and select the desired items I can adjust all fields, but this is very slow and I have to be very careful not to miss it.

What if this could be filled by hotkeys?
Your hotkey system is very complex and flexible, I really love it, so I was thinking about how could be incorporated into it.

My suggetion is a new Hotkey Action:  ChangeTicket
This Action could be modify the values when we are in Level2 (or Trade Ticket) window.

There will be new variables:
TicketOrderType
TicketAction
TicketQuantity
TicketLimitPrice  (this already exists)
TicketStopLimitPrice (this already exists)
TicketRouting

When I create a new ChangeTicket Action then all these variables set to default.
If I want to create a hotkey to set the Route to EDGA, I set    
TicketRouting = "EDGA" and leave all other variables to default. When I press the hotkey standing on the level 2 window, the Route field changes to EDGA, everything else remains what it is at that moment.

If I want a hotkey to increase the Quantity field by 200, I set:
TicketQuantity = TicketQuantity + 200
And when I press the hotkey it always increases by 200.

If I want a hotkey to increase the limit price and set the routing at the same time:
TicketLimitPrice = TicketLimitPrice + 0.25
TicketRouting =if TicketLimitPrice>Ask+.05 then 'EDGA' else 'BATS'  

So my first step to press a hotkey which is a regular Order action (which doesn't Send the order), and after that I could use this new feature to tailor the order before submitting without using the mouse.  But possibly omitting the regular order action these ticket actions could be prepare an order itself.

Please, consider my suggestion,
Thank you very much!

Edited October 10, 2022 by TraderB

[Jerry Medved]

you can do that now with existing hotkey functionality.  Only required fields are Order Type and Action and the action doesn't matter if you are using DROP and explicit buy/sell buttons.  So you can create multiple hotkeys that set different parts of the order. For example:

Hotkey 1:

Action: BUY
OrderType: Limit
Routing: EDGA
 

Hotkey 2:

Action: BUY
OrderType: Limit
Quantity: DefaultQty+0.25
Routing: if TicketLimitPrice>Ask+.05 then 'EDGA' else 'BATS'  

etc...

[TraderB]

You are right.  I can use the regular Order action to create these settings in separate hotkeys.

Thank you!

[TraderB]

However, there is a little problem with that solution.

I created 2 hotkeys to increease and decrease the limit price by 0.10 cents. So when I press the arrows, I can move the price by 1 cents, with these hotkeys  by 10 cents.

The hotkey: LimitPrice= TicketLimitPrice+0.1 

It works well until I use a stop order.  I have a separate hotkey to initiate a stop order with limit price. I press it and then I want to modify the ticketlimitprice. But in this case the another hotkey which modifies the limit price set the order type back to normal Limit order overwrite my initial Stop Limit order... That is because I have to set the OrderType in the hotkey configuration.  Recently I wanted to create a stop order but accidentally became a normal order and sold my shares immediately. The same problem with my Route changing hotkey.

In essence, the separate Actions like TradeQty is a cleaner solution, because don't bother with the current order type. 
Maybe the suggested separate action could be a good solution for these. 

What do you think?

 

Edited October 20, 2022 by TraderB

[Jerry Medved]

we are in the process of cleaning up the ChangeOrder action, so you will not have that issue.

[TraderB]

Thank you

[TraderB]

I see there is a new beta. Can you give me an Alaric version?

Just a question: Basically changeorder action doesn't work in Level2. Could I use these changes in Level2?

Thank you!

 

[Jerry Medved]

emailed you. As for Level II, not yet. right now the order has to be selected or hovered over (on chart), which is not relevant on Level II. Still working on enhancements

[TraderB]

I see. Thank you

[TraderB]

On 10/24/2022 at 4:32 PM, Jerry Medved said:

emailed you. As for Level II, not yet. right now the order has to be selected or hovered over (on chart), which is not relevant on Level II. Still working on enhancements

Thank you for the extension of ChangeOrder action to work in Level 2. 
It works fine, I have only one interesting phenomenom:

NewPrice:
+1  it works
TicketLimitPrice+0.1  it works
+0.1   for me it doesn't work: Invalid expression message
 

[Jerry Medved]

we are still doing work on the change order stuff, particularly on Level II.  Update from same URL I gave you in email before. If you still have an issue, please give me the screenshot of the hotkey you have error with

[TraderB]

Invalid expression: Input string format is incorrect.

My region setting in Windows isn't US/UK. If this causes the problem, can I set the culture/region info within the software? 

[Jerry Medved]

what region settings are you using? which MT version are you on?

[TraderB]

14 minutes ago, Jerry Medved said:

what region settings are you using? which MT version are you on?

ver 1.1.9780.211 x64

Windows Country or Region: Hungary Regional format: Hungarian

[Jerry Medved]

recreated. will fix

[Jerry Medved]

for the moment you can change the "Culture" in MT - SETTINGS / APPLICATION / GENERAL 

[TraderB]

Thanks, check it.

[Jerry Medved]

Next build will force that particular screen to always use the Invariant Culture, basically same as US.  For scripting type stuff, have to have consistent culture 

[TraderB]

Yes, that seems logic.

Thanks. If you let me know, I will check.

[TraderB]

On 11/19/2022 at 9:20 PM, Jerry Medved said:

Next build will force that particular screen to always use the Invariant Culture, basically same as US.  For scripting type stuff, have to have consistent culture 

The US culture solved the problem, thanks.

Just one difficulty I have in Level2:  When I use the hotkey based on ChangeOrder action in Level2 I can use all functionality until there isn't a live order. When I have one, I can modify that order, but I can't prepare new order in Level2 with a hotkey based on ChangeOrder actin because Send can't be false. I set Send to False in Level2 to basically prepare new order instead of modify one. 
Could you allow the hotkey to run when Send=False in Level2? 

[Jerry Medved]

will be in next update

[TraderB]

Thank you!