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Date/Time: Sun, 03 May 2026 22:00:17 +0000
ACSIL - read state of trading lock triggered by Global Profit/Loss Management
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| [2026-03-19 13:44:14] |
| curious16 - Posts: 46 |
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The global profit/loss management panel offers to lock trading after a set daily loss is reached and positions have been flattened. There is a lock option and a further "lock for the day" option. I assume these locks set a flag in one of the SC config files so that the lock state is maintained when SC is restarted. This is all fine but it interferes with automated trading code. It would be very helpful to get an ACSIL function for reading the state of this hidden trade lock. The sc.TradingIsLocked variable reads only the lock that can be manually set via Trade > Trading Locked. Could you perhaps add a variable such as sc.TradingLockedByLossManagement? Alternatively, could you let me know where I can find this lock state in the SC configuration files? Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-03-19 13:44:44
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| [2026-03-20 15:03:13] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 23671 |
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We are checking on this.
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| [2026-03-20 15:36:40] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 23671 |
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This new ACSIL function will be added to the next release: int32_t (SCDLLCALL* GetIsTradingLocked)(const SCString& TradeAccount);
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| [2026-03-20 17:11:13] |
| curious16 - Posts: 46 |
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Thanks for adding this function, much appreciated.
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| [2026-04-03 16:05:45] |
| curious16 - Posts: 46 |
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I tried to use the new function sc.GetIsTradingLocked(account) after updating to the latest version v2895 and compiling the test code with the latest sierrachart.h headers that contain this function reference: //2893 int32_t (SCDLLCALL* GetIsTradingLocked)(const SCString& TradeAccount); This threw an access violation error. I tried with both sim and real accounts. It looks like either the function has not yet been implemented (but why is the reference in sierrachart.h) or it does not work as intended. Could you please clarify the situation. |
| [2026-04-03 22:04:34] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 23671 |
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We are checking on this.
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| [2026-04-03 22:05:43] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 23671 |
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This will be resolved in the next release.
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