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So I'm working on building an automated trading system from scratch, and I'm now at the point where I need to figure out how to structure my application and organize the "workflow." (do I set up some sort of event listening framework? do I have a core process that reevaluates positions at...

If I attach one order to another, wouldn't that result in two orders being executed (firs the parent, then the child order)? What I would like is for the child order to be executed once the parent order's conditions are met. I would *not* want that parent order to be executed. Using...

Right, but what I am looking for is a separate stop and trigger price. Say I want a GTC buy order for AAPL that is triggered at $200. The order I want triggered would be a trailing stop (trailing by say $2.00). So I can't set a trailing stop to be triggered by that price condition of $200 (at...

I'm just getting my feet wet with order types that are beyond just market/limit orders. While exploring the possibilities of more advanced orders, I've been encountering some limitations and am curious if there might be another method to achieve what I want. It appears that IB does not...