How to replace order with IB Java API

[dloyer]

How can I update a stop price of a order using IB's Java API?

I currently cancel the order, then replace it with the new stop price. It works fine.

Now with IB's new focus on the ratio of orders to fills, I could do the same thing and replace two order actions with one if I can do a modify.

I didnt see anything in the API documentation for this.

Does anyone use the Java API to modify a stop price?

 

[tradelink]

to modify the price or size of an order that is already sent.... you just resend the new information with the old order id...

long id = 5;
sendorder(new BuyStop(symbol,price,size,id));

// move price up a dollar
sendorder(new BuyStop(symbol,price+1,size,id));

http://tradelink.googlecode.com

 

[dloyer]

Hmmm. Thanks. I dont use trade link, but I will try that...

 

[tradelink]

it's a feature of the IB api, so it should work with java as well. we just pass that feature through in tradelink.