Create Position on API companion

[Shahram65]

Good afternoon,

Using the API companion, I seem to succeed in creating a new position in my demo account and I do receive a deal reference (see attached below). But looking at the account online, I see no impact: no positions, no orders and the fund change. What am I doing wrong please?

 

Regards,

Shahram

[bug-or-feature]

@Shahram65 The companion interface can be confusing for new users, because it says "Success". The success in this context means you have succesfully sent a request to the IG trading server. The success here is the HTTP status. It means the URL was valid, the parameter names were expected, you were authenticated, that sort of thing. It does not necessarily mean you successfully opened a position.

Opening a position with IG is a two stage process. The first step is to request the position be opened. The second step is to check the status of the first step. You have only done the first step.

The second step, as @KoketsoIG says, is to request confirmation for the first request. You do this in the REST Companion under Trading - Positions > Trade Confirm. Paste the deal reference you received in the response to the first request into the text input box there, and hit the Go button. The response to this second request will tell you the status of your initial request. I expect it will tell you the request was not successful. Hopefully it will also provide useful clues explaining why.

Edited August 6 by bug-or-feature
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[KoketsoIG]

19 hours ago, Shahram65 said:

Good afternoon,

Using the API companion, I seem to succeed in creating a new position in my demo account and I do receive a deal reference (see attached below). But looking at the account online, I see no impact: no positions, no orders and the fund change. What am I doing wrong please?

 

Regards,

Shahram

Dear @Shahram65,

Thank you for your post.

Please note that you can also receive a deal reference in the case of a working order which means that the order was not executed but the request has been sent to the trading server. Please use trade confirm to check whether the trade is rejected or executed (copy the deal reference and paste).

Thanks,

KoketsoIG

[Shahram65]

Thank you both for this.

[Shahram65]

As previous answers suggested  I  used the trade confirm api to interrogate the issue and  I seem to understand the reason. Thank you.