Formulas are supported on top-level fields (except ticker, action, test, and cancel, which are literals) and on supported takeProfit/stopLoss sub-fields. Other nested objects and arrays use literals only.
A string starting with = appeared outside the locations where formulas are supported. Supported locations are:
ticker, action, test, and cancel (those four use literals only), andtakeProfit and stopLoss objects.Other nested objects or arrays (meta, tags, custom objects, arrays of legs, and so on) should contain literals only. Put computed values on the top level (or inside takeProfit / stopLoss where supported) and reference them with signal.<key>.
Typical error detail (webhook log)
Formulas are only supported on top-level fields and in the nested takeProfit/stopLoss objects.
Example (meta is not a supported formula location)
{
"ticker": "SPY",
"action": "buy",
"limitPrice": "100",
"meta": {
"note": "=signal.limitPrice + 1"
}
}
Fix: move the computed value to the top level (or send a literal)
{
"ticker": "SPY",
"action": "buy",
"limitPrice": "100",
"metaNote": "=signal.limitPrice + 1",
"meta": {
"note": "set from metaNote in your upstream system if needed"
}
}
Allowed nested example (takeProfit)
{
"ticker": "SPY",
"action": "buy",
"limitPrice": "100",
"takeProfit": {
"limitPrice": "=signal.limitPrice + 10"
}
}
Relocate any = expression into a supported field, or send literals in nested structures.
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