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How to make orders 5-10 ticks away from bid/ask

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[2015-09-08 20:44:30]
User85876 - Posts: 15
Is there any way to easily program orders to buy a set amount (5-10 ticks) from current bid?

In tradestation there was a way to program the bid buttom so you could buy at bid minus a certain set amoount (say 5 ticks). Just by hitting the buy at BID button the order went for bid -5 ticks.
[2015-09-09 20:30:43]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
No, this is not supported.
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[2023-01-15 22:52:26]
quinatt - Posts: 9
This is still not supported? I think this is the same question I have.
I want to enter long at current ask price but in the case that it moves up at the moment I hit button, I’d be willing to accept a few ticks difference but not more than the offset I choose. Say 2 ticks for instance.
I see there is an option to program keyboard shortcut for buy bid - 1,2 and 3 ticks and to sell ask + 1,2 and 3 ticks but I’m not sure that’s the same thing. Seems it should be buy ask + 1-3 ticks and sell bid - 1-3 ticks.
I imagine this is certainly supported by now, it being a pretty basic and necessary option. Im just not seeing how to do it
[2023-03-13 15:58:13]
SBTrader82 - Posts: 7
To mu knowledge you can create a customized button that buys at BID-1tick , BID-2 ticks and BID-3 ticks.... same thing with the ASK. To do this just add a customized button and search for this.
However I don't know if there is a way to customize this even further, I have the same issue.

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