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US FIFO Restriction Workaround Feature Request

terrabola

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To get around the US FIFO restrictions, which prevent you from closing a newer trade while an older trade of the same lot size is still open, I recommend adding a feature to "dither" the lot size of each trade. For example, you set the target lot size to 0.05 and enable FIFO dithering. The first trade is opened at the target lot size of 0.05. If another trade is opened, it would be at 0.04 or 0.06. That would allow you to close the last trade first. Other EA tools allow this.
 
Which broker do you reccomend?
At the moment Oanda has the FIFO Restrictions more than others; however, you can check this article out for more info on how to avoid FIFO violations.

 
I read the recommended article above, however all those suggestions seem to limit the bot functionality.
The request for adding the workaround feature makes perfect sense to me. It doesn't look like it's being considered though.
 
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