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Hi all,
I was recently attempting to set up a position whereupon the stock increasing 10%, the stop loss would trigger and it would buy back the shares that it had sold short, however in backtesting, I can't seem to verify it ever happening despite numerous tests. I've
included the code below.
Share New Research 
order = self.CalculateOrderQuantity(self.symbol, 1)
self.Buy(self.symbol, order)
self.StopMarketOrder(self.symbol, order, (1.1 * data[self.symbol].Close))Thanks!
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Rahul Chowdhury
Hey Nathan,
It sounds like you want a stop market order which purchases back shares after a short, however your algorithm enters 2 long positions. Maybe you meant to Sell, instead of Buy
self.Sell(self.symbol, order)It may be possible that there is not enough margin for the stop market order to execute. However, I could not reproduce your issue; it is difficult to debug the issue from the code provided. Please attach a complete code snippet or a back test which produces the issue. It will help us better understand the issue.
Best
Rahul
Nathan Wisner
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