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Python Algorithmic Trading Cookbook

You're reading from   Python Algorithmic Trading Cookbook All the recipes you need to implement your own algorithmic trading strategies in Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838989354
Length 542 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Handling and Manipulating Date, Time, and Time Series Data 2. Stock Markets - Primer on Trading FREE CHAPTER 3. Fetching Financial Data 4. Computing Candlesticks and Historical Data 5. Computing and Plotting Technical Indicators 6. Placing Regular Orders on the Exchange 7. Placing Bracket and Cover Orders on the Exchange 8. Algorithmic Trading Strategies - Coding Step by Step 9. Algorithmic Trading - Backtesting 10. Algorithmic Trading - Paper Trading 11. Algorithmic Trading - Real Trading 12. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix I
1. Appendix II
2. Appendix III

Placing a bracket stoploss-limit order with trailing stoploss

Bracket orders are complex orders that are meant to help to make a profit when trade becomes favorable, or limit the loss when it becomes unfavorable, with predefined values. A bracket order is essentially a combination of three regular orders together—an initial order, a target order, and a stoploss order, which act together to help to achieve the specified profit or limit the loss. Along with the regular order parameters, a bracket order takes additional parameters—target, stoploss, and trailing stoploss (optional).

Please refer to the introduction of the Placing a bracket limit order recipe for an in-depth understanding of the working of bracket orders.

You can use a bracket stoploss-limit order if you want to place a buy bracket order above the market price or a sell bracket order below the market price. The trailing stoploss improvises the positioning of the stoploss order by modifying its price in the direction...

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