SEND COMMANDS (Client Application to QT Server)

The following SEND TYPE commands are supported for TRADESTREAM:

NEWORDER	- Sends a New Order to the broker
MODIFYORDER	- Modifies an existing order
CANCELORDER	- Cancels one or more orders
REFTRAN	- Forces a refresh of transactions. No parameters
REFBAL	- Forces a refresh of Balances and Positions. No parameters

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NOTIFICATION RESPONSES (QT Server to Application)

The following is a list of Notification TYPES that can be returned:

ACK	- acknowledgement of a successful order transaction.
ERROR	- Error while parsing command or error returned from the broker
TRANSACTIONS	- List of transactions for the day
BALANCES	- Current Balances information
POSITIONS	- Current Positions information

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SEND COMMANDS DETAILS

	NEWORDER - Send a New Order to the broker
	Parameter Name   Parameter Values and Description   Symbol  Symbol of the security to be traded. Can be either QT symbol or full PATS symbol as entered in QT   Action  BUY, SELL, SHORT, COVER  OrderType  LIMIT, MARKET, STOPMARKET, STOPMARKET#, STOPLIMIT, STOPLIMIT#, TSTOP, or any valid PATS Order Type   Quantity  Number of Contracts in the transaction   LimitPrice  LIMIT Price for Limit, and Stop Limit orders.   StopPrice  STOP Price (Activation Price) for STOP orders   LinkedOrder  Order ID of the order linked to this order if it is an OCO order.  TriggerNow  Y/N (Default Y if omitted) - A char variable indicating if synthetic orders should be checked (and triggered if necessary) immediately rather than awaiting a price update message. NOTE: Very little error checking is done for API order prior to sending them to the broker. Some parameter value combinations are not available, such as certain order types for securities on some exchanges. Invalid orders will be rejected and the rejection will be returned to you in a NOTIFICATION message. EXAMPLE:      <TRADEAPI>     <ID>TS1</ID>     <ACTION>SEND</ACTION>     <TYPE>NEWORDER</TYPE>     <PARAMS>         <Symbol>CME:MINI S&P+SEP05</Symbol>         <Action>BUY</Action>         <OrderType>STOPLIMIT</OrderType>         <Quantity>4</Quantity>         <LimitPrice>1196.25</LimitPrice>         <StopPrice>1196.00</StopPrice>         <LinkedOrder>-</LinkedOrder>         <TriggerNow>Y</TriggerNow>     </PARAMS> </TRADEAPI> {FF}
	MODIFYORDER - Modifies an existing order
	Parameter Name   Parameter Values and Description   OrderID  The Order ID of the order being modified. Should be retrieved from TRANSACTIONS   Quantity  New Number of Contracts in the transaction   LimitPrice  LIMIT Price for Limit orders   StopPrice  STOP Price for STOP orders  NOTE: Any of the Parameters that are NOT included will be kept un-changed in the order. Anything that IS specified will be changed to the new value in the order. EXAMPLE:      <TRADEAPI>     <ID>TS1</ID>     <ACTION>SEND</ACTION>     <TYPE>MODIFYORDER</TYPE>     <PARAMS>         <OrderID>696434</OrderID>         <Quantity>14</Quantity>         <LimitPrice>1195.25</LimitPrice>         <StopPrice>1195.00</StopPrice>     </PARAMS> </TRADEAPI> {FF}
	CANCELORDER - Cancels one or more orders
	Parameter Name   Parameter Values and Description   OrderID  The Order ID of the order to be canceled. NOTE: To cancel more than one order at a time, just include multiple OrderID XML tags, one for each order EXAMPLE:      <TRADEAPI>     <ID>TS1</ID>     <ACTION>SEND</ACTION>     <TYPE>CANCELORDER</TYPE>     <PARAMS>         <OrderID>696434</OrderID>         <OrderID>696442</OrderID>         <OrderID>696436</OrderID>     </PARAMS> </TRADEAPI> {FF}

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NOTIFICATION RESPONSES

NOTE: The examples below will not show Record ID or Record Length for simplicity, even though they are sent with every message.

	ACK - Acknowledgement of a successful order transaction
	Result returned in XML. EXAMPLES:      <TRADEAPI>     <ID>TS1</ID>     <TYPE>ACK</TYPE>     <MESSAGE>Cancel Order Sent - 1372343999 </MESSAGE> </TRADEAPI>   OR        <TRADEAPI>     <ID>TS1</ID>     <TYPE>ACK</TYPE>     <MESSAGE>Transaction Sent </MESSAGE> </TRADEAPI>
	ERROR - Error while parsing command or error returned from the broker
	Result returned in XML. EXAMPLES:      <TRADEAPI>     <ID>TS1</ID>     <TYPE>ERROR</TYPE>     <MESSAGE>Error sending cancel command - Order 1372343999</MESSAGE> </TRADEAPI>
	TRANSACTIONS - List of transactions on the account for the day
	Result returned in XML.  Parameter Name   Parameter Values and Description   OrderID  Order ID of the order   OrderTime  Date/Time the order was Placed   Symbol  Symbol of the security being traded   Action  BUY, SELL, etc. (Same as in NEWORDER)   Quantity  Number of Shares or Contracts in the transaction   FilledQuantity  Number of Shares or Contracts that have been filled    UnfilledQuantity  # of Shares or Contracts yet to be filled   OrderType  LIMIT, MARKET, etc. (Same as in NEWORDER)   LimitPrice  LIMIT Price for Limit AND Stop Limit orders   StopPrice  STOP Price for STOP orders   OrderStatus  Current Status of the order (New, Open, Routed, Locked for Routing, Wait for Approval, Routed Change, Locked for Change Routing, New Change, Partial Fill: Open, Trailing Stop, Routed Cancel, New Cancel, Open Cancel, Change Requested, Locked for Cancel Routing, Executed, Partial Fill: Canceled, Partial Fill: Expired, Canceled, Expired, Rejected ECN, Rejected, Busted)   Open  YES/NO - Whether or not this is an OPEN order - Still being processed   FillPrice  The execution price of filled orders (Average if partial fills)  EXAMPLES:      <TRADEAPI>     <ID>TS1</ID>     <TYPE>TRANSACTIONS</TYPE>     <TRANSACTIONS>         <ORDER>             <OrderID>695959</OrderID>             <OrderTime>07/05/2005 04:49:39</OrderTime>             <Action>SHORT</Action>             <Quantity>2</Quantity>             <Symbol>CME:MINI S&P+SEP05</Symbol>             <FilledQuantity>2</FilledQuantity>             <UnfilledQuantity>0</UnfilledQuantity>             <OrderType>LIMIT</OrderType>             <LimitPrice>1201.00</LimitPrice>             <OrderStatus>Filled</OrderStatus>             <Open>NO</Open>             <FillPrice>1201.00</FillPrice>         </ORDER>     </TRANSACTIONS> </TRADEAPI>
	BALANCES - Current Balances information
	Result returned in XML. EXAMPLES:      <TRADEAPI>     <ID>TS1</ID>     <TYPE>BALANCES</TYPE>     <BALANCES>         <BPRemaining>0.0</BPRemaining>         <BPUsed>0.0</BPUsed>         <LossLimit>0.00</LossLimit>     </BALANCES> </TRADEAPI>
	POSITIONS - Current Positions information
	Result returned in XML. EXAMPLES:      <TRADEAPI>     <ID>TS1</ID>     <TYPE>POSITIONS</TYPE>     <POSITIONS>         <POSITION>             <Symbol>ES+U5</Symbol>             <Name>MINI S&P</Name>             <Quantity>4</Quantity>             <BUYS>4</BUYS>             <SELLS>0</SELLS>             <PROFIT>0</PROFIT>         </POSITION>         <POSITION>             <Symbol>SIM:GLBX EURO+SEP05</Symbol>             <Name>GLBX EURO</Name>             <Quantity>2</Quantity>             <BUYS>2</BUYS>             <SELLS>2</SELLS>             <PROFIT>0</PROFIT>         </POSITION>         ... More POSITION records ...     </POSITIONS> </TRADEAPI>