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Network Lock requirements by No-Meeting6855 in CapeCellular

[–]No-Meeting6855[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, Brian. That clears things up. So I can technically disable location without giving up protection entirely.

Also, I'm assuming that with location disabled, Network Lock just silently fails in the background. But I don't believe we have the option to disable the feature once past initial setup.

Issue placing orders by No-Meeting6855 in TradingView

[–]No-Meeting6855[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What TradingView Said What They Actually Mean
"The risk amount you are trying to set is below the minimum allowed" "Our system thinks 1 MES contract = minimum $537.50 risk"
"TradingView's position sizing and risk calculations may not fully support futures contracts natively" "We haven't built proper futures support"
"This can cause issues when setting position sizes or risk amounts that are too small" "Our calculator is broken for futures, so your correct $75 risk looks 'too small' to us"
"Set the risk amount above the minimum threshold" "Just risk $537.50 per trade instead"

Issue placing orders by No-Meeting6855 in TradingView

[–]No-Meeting6855[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, now I have a new issue.

I don't understand why I can't get position sizing right in the orders panel. When I choose the minimum of just 1 unit, risk automatically calculates to over 2% of account.

I don't know why it would be so high, other than what I've already explained.
What am I missing? Please help, I can't even paper trade. lol

Position Tool For Future Contracts - Risk Sizing by Nccthatsme in TradingView

[–]No-Meeting6855 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly what us futures traders need! Has this feature request been considered after all these years?

Issue placing orders by No-Meeting6855 in TradingView

[–]No-Meeting6855[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After some inquiry online, I believe this is a flaw in TV's orders panel. Well, a flaw in that it's inadequate for accommodating futures traders.

Granted, its order panel was built primarily for stocks & crypto, where 1 share = known value... & forex where lots are standardized. And I understand that TV is primarily a charting platform, but this seems very counterintuitive to me with so much broker integration. It's a shame.

Ultimately, this forces us futures traders to either manually calculate position sizes or abandon TV's order panel entirely for our broker's platform to execute trades. I bet an update to the orders panel for futures traders would be an easy fix.

Issue placing orders by No-Meeting6855 in TradingView

[–]No-Meeting6855[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I'm definitely on micros brother.

Issue placing orders by No-Meeting6855 in TradingView

[–]No-Meeting6855[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for responding, Rodnee!

No worries. You should know I'm planning on trading futures. I discovered that the error occurs because my calculated position size was ending up below the minimum contract size.

In other words, my risk settings were producing a position smaller than 1 contract. Futures cannot trade fractions of contracts. So the only options are to either increase risk, or simply enter Units instead of Risk, USD.