Allow batch signals

The Allow batch signals option lets this strategy's webhook accept several signals in a single request, instead of one signal per request.

Normally a webhook request carries one JSON object:

{
    "ticker": "MES",
    "action": "buy",
    "quantity": 1
}

With this option on, it may also carry a JSON list of up to 5 objects, and each one is treated as its own signal:

[
    {
        "ticker": "MES",
        "action": "buy",
        "quantity": 1
    },
    {
        "ticker": "MNQ",
        "action": "sell",
        "quantity": 1
    }
]

Why Use This Option?

It is useful when one alert needs to act on more than one thing at the same moment: entering two contracts together, closing one position while opening another, or laddering several limit orders on the same ticker. Sending them in one request means one alert to configure instead of several, and TradersPost receives them together.

How It Works

• Disabled (default): A request that sends a list is rejected with Batch Signals Not Enabled, and no trades are created. Single-signal object requests are unaffected. A list of one object still needs this setting.
• Enabled: A list of 1 to 5 signals is accepted. Each item becomes its own signal and trades independently. A list of one object is processed as a batch request but shown as a single signal on the Signals page.

Validation is all or nothing. If any item in the list is invalid, for example an unknown ticker or a missing action, the entire request is rejected and no trades are created for any item, including the valid ones. This keeps a batch from half executing.

The same ticker may appear more than once in a list, which is what makes laddering possible. Items execute independently and no particular order is guaranteed. You can use the delay field to postpone an item, but that does not guarantee that one signal executes before or after another.

Things to Know

• The limit is 5 items. A request with more is rejected with Too Many Payload Items.
• Every item needs its own ticker and action, exactly as a single signal does.
• Each item may carry its own time, and the signals list shows how long each one took to arrive.
• A batch appears as one row on the Signals page, expandable to the individual signals, with a Batch Items card on the signal detail page.
• This setting is off for existing strategies and on for new ones, so turning it on is a deliberate choice for a strategy that has been running.