Sides Swapping Disabled

This message indicates that while the current open position will be exited, a new position on the opposite side will not be entered. This is because swapping sides is disabled in your strategy settings. TradersPost enforces this rule when you use action=buy or action=sell to effectively swap sides (e.g. sending sell when long).

Side swapping applies to action=buy and action=sell only. The action=reverse is a separate action that always exits the current position and enters the opposite side, regardless of the Allow side swapping setting.

By default, when Allowed sides is set to Both in your strategy subscription settings, TradersPost will automatically enter a new position on the opposite side once the current position is exited when you send a buy or sell signal. However, if you disable this setting by checking Disable side swapping, TradersPost will not enter a new position on the opposite side after exiting when using buy or sell. Use action=reverse when you explicitly want to exit and enter the opposite side in one signal.

If you want to automatically enter a new position on the opposite side after exiting the current position when using buy/sell, set Allowed sides to Both and enable Allow side swapping, or send a second subsequent signal at a later time, or use action=reverse.

Here is an example, if you have Allowed sides set to Both and Disable side swapping checked in your strategy subscription settings and you have an open long position in AAPL with a quantity of 10 and you send a signal to exit the position like the following:

{
    "ticker": "AAPL",
    "action": "sell",
    "quantity": 10
}

TradersPost will exit the open long position and will not enter a new position on the opposite side. Then, at a later time, if you send a signal to enter a new position on the opposite side like the following, it will then enter a short position on AAPL with a quantity of 10.

{
    "ticker": "AAPL",
    "action": "sell",
    "quantity": 10
}