check_position_triggers#

API documentation for tradeexecutor.strategy.stop_loss.check_position_triggers Python function.

check_position_triggers(position_manager, execution_context)[source]#

Generate trades that depend on real-time price signals.

  • Stop loss

  • Take profit

  • Any trade.triggers like market limit

What does this do:

  • Get the real-time price of an assets that are currently hold in the portfolio

  • Update dynamic stop loss/take profits like trailing stop loss

  • Use mid-price to check for the trigger price threshold

  • Generate stop loss/take profit signals for trades

See related position attributes

Parameters:

  • position_manager (PositionManager) – Encapsulates the current state, universe for closing positions

  • epsilon – The rounding error to zero

  • execution_context (ExecutionContext) –

Returns:

List of triggered trades for all positions, like market sell on a stop loss triggered.

Return type:

List[TradeExecution]