Order Scheduling allows the programming of limited buy and sell orders through the trading tickets.
To check if your broker allows order scheduling, access the Broker Summary. To do this, click Trade in the top menu:
The broker/exchange responsible for managing your account may choose not to enable this feature.
Select the account to identify if the feature is available:
Setting Parameters
Use the Buy, Buy Stop, Sell, and Sell Stop tickets, available in the Trade menu, to schedule your orders:
Select the Schedule option to set the order parameters:
Select the account, asset, the price to be traded, the quantity of the lot, and the submission date:
Flow of a Scheduled Order
A scheduled order is of the limit type and will be posted in the Order Book, entering the execution queue. Buy orders are positioned below the current market quote, and sell orders above. Read more about limit orders.
When the scheduled time is reached, the order is opened, entering the normal submission flow.
Relevant Information
- It is not possible to set the time. The order will be opened on the specified date.
- Scheduling can occur at any time, including weekends and holidays;
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It is not possible to schedule OCO orders. When an OCO strategy is selected on the respective ticket, the "schedule" option will be disabled:
Viewing and Tracking
To view or cancel scheduled orders, go to the Order List in the Trade menu:
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