I tried the stupid TraderStop program today. It's incorporated into Laser. It's under the "Program Keyboard Hotkeys" area. I placed a TraderStop to buy a symbol $2 above it's current price, just to see what would happen. The order never showed up in my "Open Orders" area. However, it showed up in my Messages screen, so I knew the order was good to go. The bad part was that I couldn't seem to cancel it. I hope it's not a Good-Til-Cancel order, lol. Otherwise I might get filled in the future by surprise, lolol.
So then I tried again on an oil stock that I felt would go up this afternoon. I placed the TraderStop just a couple of pennies above the Ask price. I waited, it got hit, and I was filled. Worked perfect. Except the bad part once again is you can't seem to cancel the order, which kind of makes it useless. Maybe there is a secret to canceling the order, but I haven't discovered it. So I won't be using the feature again until I discover how to cancel these orders. I don't feel like being surprised later on.
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