Exit order fill wait time

Exit order fill wait time is the maximum time TradersPost waits for an exit order to fill before submitting a new entry on the same trade. This applies when the trade plan includes both an exit and an entry (for example flipping direction on the ticker). If there is no entry order for that trade, TradersPost does not wait on exit fill under this setting.

Flow when both exit and entry are planned:

1. Submit the exit order.
2. Wait up to this configured limit for the exit to report filled.
3. Submit the entry order only if the exit fills within this window.

The default is 120 seconds. The minimum is 60 seconds and the maximum is 300 seconds.

If the exit is not filled before this time elapses, the trade fails and the entry order is not submitted. The exit order may still be open at the broker.

If Cancel open exit order after delay is configured, TradersPost schedules a delayed cancel when the exit is placed; that job may still cancel the order after the delay even if the trade already failed for this fill timeout. Per-signal webhook cancelAfter and which override settings apply are described in Cancel open exit order after delay. If you do not use exit cancel-after, you may need to manage or cancel the open exit at the broker yourself.

Example webhook (cancelAfter)

Webhook cancelAfter is a delay in seconds from when the exit order is submitted. When that delay elapses, if the exit is still open, TradersPost requests a cancel from the broker. That timer is separate from Exit order fill wait time (how long TradersPost keeps checking for a fill before failing the trade and skipping the entry). If the exit never fills, the flip still cannot succeed: TradersPost will not submit the new entry while the open position was not actually exited, so the trade is still failed (you may see a different failure reason if the exit order was canceled or is no longer open rather than a fill-timeout). Use cancelAfter to cap how long a working exit stays at the broker—not to avoid failure when the exit does not complete.

cancelAfter in the payload is honored when Allow signal overrides and/or Allow signal override for Cancel open exit order after delay is enabled (see Cancel open exit order after delay). Omit cancelAfter to use the subscription’s configured Cancel open exit order after delay value, or leave that setting blank and omit cancelAfter if you do not want automatic exit cancellation.

Flip on one signal (for example close a long and open a short): include cancelAfter on the same webhook so the exit leg gets a per-signal cancel delay:

{
    "ticker": "AAPL",
    "action": "sell",
    "cancelAfter": 90
}

The same cancelAfter key works on an explicit action: "exit" payload when you use that style of exit signal.