Bracket order Tick Tick (problem)

Dear everyone,
I have not used bracket orders but did hear about some negative experiences recently from some traders.

But my concern is something else.

While placing a B.O , we need to mention TARGET & STOP LOSS & (optional - Trailing SL) .

For putting in the TARGET & SL, there are 2 formats.
1st is using Absolute value & 2nd is using Ticks.

Example - If I place a B.O for Idea stock as -

Buy price at Limit price = 100 Rs. (Assuming market price is 100 rs.)
Target = 102 Rs. & SL = 99 Rs.

Then B.O will be Buy at 100, SL = 1 & Target = 2.

If I want to place this buy order with different SL & Target as-
SL = 1.35 Rs. & Target = 1.80 Rs.

Then is it possible to put these above values in B.O ?

On Kite, you only enter absolute values for your target and stoploss. So I’ll explain for Kite.

This is certainly possible. 1.35 and 1.80 are also absolute values.

So set Target = 1.8 and Stoploss = 1.35.

After the entry order is executed, you can also change the target and stoploss price from the orderbook.

Thanks for your response. But then whats the use of ticks then? 1 Tick is equal to 5 paise.
So 1 Rs. have 20Ticks.

Absolute value means full numerals without decimals.
So are you fully sure that we can put decimal value in B.O while selecting Absolute. ?

Have you placed B.O in decimal value ?

Absolute values are the magnitude of a real number without regard to its sign. It has nothing to do with decimals. So yes, go ahead, you can use decimals as well.

Yes, I have Placed many Times Decimal Values in Bracket Order and it works.
And Later on Also Updated from Orderbook.

Hmmm. I feel I read somewhere that minimum absolute value cannot be less than 1.
Is it true?

Can you share one screenshot with B.O in decimal value ?

In SUZLON I have Used Bracket Order Many Times with Target of .50 and Stoploss .35

You can Test with 1 share in Live market.

And can we use B.O like the way you did in suzlon from KITE & PI both the platforms?

And are all bracket orders compulsory Limit orders only? We may exit at Market price if TARGET is not achieved. But a fresh bracket order needs to be placed as a LIMIT order only? Unlike cover orders which can be bought at market price too?

Yes, you can use it the same way on Kite and Pi, select absolute value in Pi and use it just like on Kite.

Yes, all BO entry and target orders are limit orders and the stoploss order is a market order. But yes, like you said, you can also exit a BO at market price.

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Hi,
I am using the bracket order for Nifty options. What I found is, even though I input the stop loss and target price, once the order is executed, the resulting orders are not reflecting the price which I have given. Rather it is taking the intra day limits for stop loss and target.
E.g For Nifty 10800 CE , I put buy order at 125 , stoploss at 111 and target at 138. Once the CE is bought, the stop loss is showing 16.8 as the limit and the target order is showing 274 as the limit price. So the user needs to re-enter the limits again. This defeats the purpose of putting the prices upfront.
Please clarify whether I am making any mistakes here, otherwise what should be the solution to reflect the price what is given while ordering.

Thanks
Balaji

For your order of 10800CE at spot price of 125
you should have put stoploss of 14 & target of 13.
So when the price will fall to 111 your order will be executed and incase it is going up it will be triggered at 138. Hope this clarifies.

Isn’t this 1 RS restriction applicable to trailing sl

yes it is still there. it can’t be less than 1 or in decimals like 0.5 or 0.25 which would have been great in few stocks where price movement is very low.