How to Code an Adjustable Stop Order in Python

You can attach one-time adjustments to stop, stop limit, trailing stop and trailing stop limit orders. When you attach an adjusted order, you set a trigger price that triggers a modification of the original (or parent) order, instead of triggering order transmission.

Let’s refer to IBKR API GitHub to learn how to code an Adjustable Stop Order in Python.

# Attached order is a conventional STP order in opposite direction
order = OrderSamples.Stop(“SELL” if parent.action == “BUY” else “BUY”,
parent.totalQuantity, attachedOrderStopPrice)
order.parentId = parent.orderId

#When trigger price is penetrated
order.triggerPrice = triggerPrice

#The parent order will be turned into a STP order
order.adjustedOrderType = “STP”

#With the given STP price
order.adjustedStopPrice = adjustStopPrice

Visit our GitHub guide to download the API sample Testbed, and review the Python code for additional order types: http://interactivebrokers.github.io/. The sample syntax is stored in the OrderSamples.py file.

Stay tuned for IBKR order type articles. See the previous installments in this series:

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How to Code an Adjustable Stop Order in Python

Posted February 10, 2021

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