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PlaceBuyLimit([label],[units],[limit price])

Usable in an seer event object

The function places a buy limit order for the current symbol. If the units is zero, or omitted the position will be closed completely (if the position is short).

Examples:

  #Buy 100 units with a limit of the close plus the ATR
  PlaceBuyLimit('Enter rule one',100,ClosePrice+Now(ATR(45)));
  #Exit this short position with a limit price of 12.12 
  PlaceBuyLimit('Exit short',12.12);   

Related functions:

BuyOpen , BuyMarket , SellOpen , SellMarket , SellStop , BuyStop , BuyLimit , SellLimit , BuyStopLimit , SellStopLimit , StopLoss , PlaceBuyOpen , PlaceSellOpen , PlaceBuyStop , PlaceSellStop , PlaceSellLimit , PlaceBuyStopLimit , PlaceSellStopLimit , PlaceStopLoss , NextBarOpen , PlaceSellMarketClose , PlaceBuyMarketClose , PlaceBuyAtPrice , PlaceSellAtPrice , OnFill , PlaceSellMarket , PlaceBuyMarket

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