markryan2010
14 Apr 2021, 10:50 ( Updated at: 18 Apr 2021, 02:06 )

RE: Saving Optimization results

PanagiotisCharalampous said:

Hi Kevin,

It would be better to post your suggestions in the Suggestions section so that they can be tracked by the product teams.

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Panagiotis 

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markryan2010
30 Nov 2020, 10:28 ( Updated at: 30 Nov 2020, 10:31 )

RE:

Hi,

My apologies for not replying sooner and leaving such a message. At the time of writing, I was still a bit annoyed and was being pushed for time however, I have had a chance to contact my broker for an explanation to which it was not their fault.

The following is to expand a little clearer on what occurred.

I had placed a short trade on the GBPUSD on the 06/11/20. The entry price entered into cTrader was 1.31110. My SL was 1.31575. My TP was placed 18 pips from the entry or 1.30930. The entry was price was hit but due to slippage, the actual entry price was 1.31096.

The slippage on entry impacted on the TP of 18 pips from the original entry price and resulted in the TP being moved to 18 pips from the new entry price moving the TP to 1.30916 (i.e. the 1.4 pip slippage moved the TP (18 pips) from what should have been 1.30930 to 1.30916). At approximately 01:42AM on the 07/11/20, price hit a low of 1.30924 which should have triggered the original TP of 1.30930 but it did not because the slippage moved the TP approximately 18 pips from the new entry price. Looking at the “Modify Order” pop up panel, I tried adjusting the price without adjusting the pips and vice versa but I could not and this is possibly where the issue is. You cannot enter just a price without the pips or the opposite. If, upon entering the trade parameters, one can deselect pips and enter price only, any slippage incurred upon entry will not affect the take profit point as it did with my trade.

Regards,

Mark. R

PanagiotisCharalampous said:

Hi markryan2010,

Thanks for posting your issue but I did not understand what is the problem. Take profit is always set at a certain price level and it is executed as a limit order. If you can provide more information to reproduce what you are describing, we can investigate further.

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Panagiotis 

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