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Date/Time: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:37:42 +0000
Post From: Handling Stop and Limit orders with the Spreadsheet for trading
| [2025-11-06 17:02:00] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 43585 |
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I found a part of the documentation that goes against what you said at the beginning:
Yes, this is correct, but we did not want to get into that complexity. With that said, it would be curious to know how to handle the exits using column L (for the long) and N for the shorts.
For those columns to handle both stop and target, it means that cell J74/76 must be left to "M" (market order), right? Only by doing so a market order will be fired off when either/or conditions are met, is that correct? Doing so, won't allow me to visually see the stop and target on the chart, nor to have them in case of a sudden interruption of the platform (i.e. sudden shut down of the platform, the power goes down etc). You do not have to have the Parent order as a Market Order. Any order type will have the appropriate Attached Orders with it. But, depending on your trading service, a non-market order with attached orders may only be local and not held by the trading service. So if you are worried about having a position that is only on your local system, then you need to check with how your trading service handles this situation. For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |