Possible to automatically place trades on the front contract?

NexusFi · 2023-06-13T17:18:37-04:00

Not exactly. It rolls at the time according to the info you specify, but it is not automatic. You still have to manually change the symbol from something like @ESM23=11INC to esu23=11INC, and you would have to manually enter and exit positions as appropriate. Are you sure Kevin? From my reading of the documentation it seemed that it would change automatically, and that the symbol would change to indicate the month that was being traded. Maybe Im wrong, but Im pretty sure thats what it says unless I misunderstood …

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Updated June 13, 2023

Possible to automatically place trades on the front contract?

June 13th, 2023, 05:18 PM

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kevinkdog

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Are you sure Kevin?

Yes I am 1000% sure.

If you had a symbol of @ES=11INC the DATA would change (roll) automatically from March to September.

But @ES=11INC is not a tradable symbol.

@ESM23=11INC is a tradable symbol, but when it was time to roll, you'd have to manually change chart to @esu23=11INC and then manually place trades to roll from ESM23 to ESU23.

Look what happens when you check the box "make this for trading" - if you did it today, the symbol would change from @ES=11INC to @esu23=11INC, and that's it.