Fill/kill when offsetting

[Fugazi]

I've read the manual but can't understand how to set this up correctly!!

I want to set an offset with stop loss, but the second bet is placed ONLY when the first bet is fully filled

EG: Back bet placed at 2.5
once bet fully matched
offset will then place the lay bet at 2.3


I need this setting because when I'm using a stop loss, sometimes the market changes and the lay bet in this example gets matched first, but then the price keeps shortening and I end up with a huge loss because the software only has the stop loss set for the back bet, not the lay bet!!

The manual says to use fill/kill for this. But it seems I am only setting it to kill the initial bet after x amount of time, when what I'm trying to get it to do is wait until the initial bet is matched before placing the second (offset) bet.

[Derek27]

I've read the manual but can't understand how to set this up correctly!!

I want to set an offset with stop loss, but the second bet is placed ONLY when the first bet is fully filled

EG: Back bet placed at 2.5
once bet fully matched
offset will then place the lay bet at 2.3


I need this setting because when I'm using a stop loss, sometimes the market changes and the lay bet in this example gets matched first, but then the price keeps shortening and I end up with a huge loss because the software only has the stop loss set for the back bet, not the lay bet!!

The manual says to use fill/kill for this. But it seems I am only setting it to kill the initial bet after x amount of time, when what I'm trying to get it to do is wait until the initial bet is matched before placing the second (offset) bet.

If you use fill or kill, the offset shouldn't get placed until the initial bet is matched, or partially matched if you're using batches.

[Fugazi]

I've read the manual but can't understand how to set this up correctly!!

I want to set an offset with stop loss, but the second bet is placed ONLY when the first bet is fully filled

EG: Back bet placed at 2.5
once bet fully matched
offset will then place the lay bet at 2.3


I need this setting because when I'm using a stop loss, sometimes the market changes and the lay bet in this example gets matched first, but then the price keeps shortening and I end up with a huge loss because the software only has the stop loss set for the back bet, not the lay bet!!

The manual says to use fill/kill for this. But it seems I am only setting it to kill the initial bet after x amount of time, when what I'm trying to get it to do is wait until the initial bet is matched before placing the second (offset) bet.

If you use fill or kill, the offset shouldn't get placed until the initial bet is matched, or partially matched if you're using batches.

Ohhhh! I didn't put 2 and 2 together and combine the batches with the other settings

Thank you. No more throwing the computer out of the window when the market moves too quick for me!

[Dallas]

I've read the manual but can't understand how to set this up correctly!!

I want to set an offset with stop loss, but the second bet is placed ONLY when the first bet is fully filled

EG: Back bet placed at 2.5
once bet fully matched
offset will then place the lay bet at 2.3


I need this setting because when I'm using a stop loss, sometimes the market changes and the lay bet in this example gets matched first, but then the price keeps shortening and I end up with a huge loss because the software only has the stop loss set for the back bet, not the lay bet!!

The manual says to use fill/kill for this. But it seems I am only setting it to kill the initial bet after x amount of time, when what I'm trying to get it to do is wait until the initial bet is matched before placing the second (offset) bet.

If you use fill or kill, the offset shouldn't get placed until the initial bet is matched, or partially matched if you're using batches.

Ohhhh! I didn't put 2 and 2 together and combine the batches with the other settings

Thank you. No more throwing the computer out of the window when the market moves too quick for me!

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[Fugazi]

I didn't put enough faith in testing the AI chat feature, assumed it would be turd. I will use a lot more of it thank you!