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Date/Time: Tue, 06 May 2025 22:26:24 +0000
[Programming Help] - Can I disable “IsAutoTradingOptionEnabledForChart” in ACSIL?
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| [2024-12-06 11:17:53] |
| gambcl - Posts: 9 |
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I would like to write a study which acts as a generic watchdog for auto trading in a chart. If certain conditions are met I would like to disable auto-trading for the current chart. I have seen that there is a property IsAutoTradingOptionEnabledForChart for checking if auto trading is enabled for the current chart, but is it possible to change this value at all? |
| [2024-12-06 12:30:00] |
| emmanuel - Posts: 62 |
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No, that property is read-only. I haven't seen a way to change the auto-trading status from ACSIL, which is very likely on purpose. Alternatively, you can have your watchdog study produce a subgraph with a known value (ex. 1) when auto-trading should be disabled. Then, you can have your trading studies read the value using `sc.Input[n].GetChartStudySubgraphValues()` and automatically disable themselves. In fact, a good way to do it is have a trading study disable itself if the input value is non-zero. That way, you can set the default like this: `sc.Input[n].SetChartStudySubgraphValues(sc.ChartNumber, 0, 1)` which if I recall is the open price; Since the open price is unlikely to be 0, the trading study would be disabled by default. |
| [2024-12-06 12:38:50] |
| gambcl - Posts: 9 |
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OK thanks. The problem is that I won’t necessarily have the source code to the trading study, which is why I wanted to build a generic tool that could disable any study from auto-trading. Sierra guys, is there any chance we can get a method to disable a chart’s auto-trading? I can understand not giving ACSIL access to enable auto-trading for security reasons, but being able to disable auto-trading would be a useful feature. |
| [2024-12-06 14:43:14] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 19461 |
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You are able to lock trading: ACSIL Interface Members - Functions: sc.SetTradingLockState() Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2024-12-06 16:40:43] |
| gambcl - Posts: 9 |
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Yes I know, but that will stop trading on ALL charts won’t it? I am trying to run auto-trading on multiple charts, each trading a separate account. That’s why I would like to be able to stop auto-trading only on the specific chart where my watchdog study instance is running, then I can add my watchdog study on each chart and have them disable individually. |
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