Hi, I want to use time of day as a parameter, get the bid price at that time and then automatically enter limit order n ticks below the bid. Is this possible in SC? Thank you.

You can do it with spreadsheets. There are a bunch of cells in column J that can be read and included in formulas. You can trigger limit orders at specific prices, based on your criteria. If you aren't familiar with spreadsheets, Sierra has excellent documentation.




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iccs 

Hi, I want to use time of day as a parameter, get the bid price at that time and then automatically enter limit order n ticks below the bid. Is this possible in SC? Thank you.

Besides a custom program, the only way to automatically place a limit order as you describe is to use the Spreadsheet System for Trading study.

You'll need to enter your trigger formulas in K3 and M3, referencing A3 or J41, e.g.:
=AND(A3-INT(A3)>TIMEVALUE("09:29:59"),A3-INT(A3)<TIMEVALUE("09:30:01"))
=AND(J41-INT(J41)>TIMEVALUE("09:29:59"),J41-INT(J41)<TIMEVALUE("09:30:01"))

You'll need to set the limit prices in J22 and J24:
=J12-n*J21
=J14+n*J21
where 'n' is the offset in ticks.

You'll need to set the order types in J71 and J73 to 'L'
'
Signal Only On Bar Close' should be set to No.

You don't have to use M3/J14 if you don't want to go short.

iccs 

Hi, I want to use time of day as a parameter, get the bid price at that time and then automatically enter limit order n ticks below the bid. Is this possible in SC? Thank you.

You should be able to accomplish this with the spreadsheets.


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