Filling Mode
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When sending an order, you can specify the filling policy for the volume set in the order. Allowed order filling modes for each symbol are specified in the table. You can set several modes for one symbol by combining flags. The flags can be combined by the operation of the logical OR (|), for example, SYMBOL_FILLING_FOK|SYMBOL_FILLING_IOC. In order to check whether a certain mode is allowed for the symbol, the result of the logical AND (&) should be compared to the mode flag.
| Fill Policy | Identifier | Value | Description |
| Fill or Kill | SYMBOL_FILLING_FOK | 1 | This policy means that a deal can be executed only with the specified volume. If the necessary amount of a financial instrument is currently unavailable in the market, the order will not be executed. The required volume can be filled using several offers available on the market at the moment. |
| Immediate or Cancel | SYMBOL_FILLING_IOC | 2 | In this case a trader agrees to execute a deal with the volume maximally available in the market within that indicated in the order. In case the order cannot be filled completely, the available volume of the order will be filled, and the remaining volume will be canceled. The possibility of using IOC orders is determined at the trade server. |
| Return | No identifier |
| This policy is used only for market orders (Buy and Sell), limit and stop limit orders and only for the symbols with Market or Exchange execution. In case of partial filling a market or limit order with remaining volume is not canceled but processed further. |
In the Request and Instant execution modes the Fill or Kill policy is always used for market orders, and the Return policy is always used for limit orders. In this case, when sending orders using OrderSend or OrderSendAsync, there is no need to specify a fill policy for them.
In the Market and Exchange execution modes the Return policy is always allowed for all the order types. To find out whether the other policies are allowed, use the SYMBOL_FILLING_FOK and SYMBOL_FILLING_IOC properties.
Example:
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Checks if the specified filling mode is allowed | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ bool IsFillingTypeAllowed(string symbol,int fill_type) { //--- Obtain the value of the property that describes allowed filling modes int filling=(int)SymbolInfoInteger(symbol,SYMBOL_FILLING_MODE); //--- Return true, if mode fill_type is allowed return((filling & fill_type)==fill_type); }
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View the help: Symbol Properties
When sending an order, you can specify the filling policy for the volume set in the order. Allowed order filling modes for each symbol are specified in the table. You can set several modes for one symbol by combining flags. The flags can be combined by the operation of the logical OR (|), for example, SYMBOL_FILLING_FOK|SYMBOL_FILLING_IOC. In order to check whether a certain mode is allowed for the symbol, the result of the logical AND (&) should be compared to the mode flag.
| Fill Policy | Identifier | Value | Description |
| Fill or Kill | SYMBOL_FILLING_FOK | 1 | This policy means that a deal can be executed only with the specified volume. If the necessary amount of a financial instrument is currently unavailable in the market, the order will not be executed. The required volume can be filled using several offers available on the market at the moment. |
| Immediate or Cancel | SYMBOL_FILLING_IOC | 2 | In this case a trader agrees to execute a deal with the volume maximally available in the market within that indicated in the order. In case the order cannot be filled completely, the available volume of the order will be filled, and the remaining volume will be canceled. The possibility of using IOC orders is determined at the trade server. |
| Return | No identifier |
| This policy is used only for market orders (Buy and Sell), limit and stop limit orders and only for the symbols with Market or Exchange execution. In case of partial filling a market or limit order with remaining volume is not canceled but processed further. |
In the Request and Instant execution modes the Fill or Kill policy is always used for market orders, and the Return policy is always used for limit orders. In this case, when sending orders using OrderSend or OrderSendAsync, there is no need to specify a fill policy for them.
In the Market and Exchange execution modes the Return policy is always allowed for all the order types. To find out whether the other policies are allowed, use the SYMBOL_FILLING_FOK and SYMBOL_FILLING_IOC properties.
Example:
I have a market symbol that accept all policies (I checked in the description and using the IsFillingTypeAllowed function) but when I send an order with IOC or FOK mode and check it after it's opened using OrderGetInteger(ORDER_TYPE_FILLING) I always get 2 wich is the Return policy and I don't want that . Thanks fo help
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When I open an order and print the order filling mode I get 2 wich means ORDER_FILLING_RETURN while the description of the symbol I opened the order on says only FOK mode is allowed, any explanations please.
Thanks !