When an Autospreader order is entered, all potential outright orders, including all quoting and all possible hedge orders, are position risk-checked before being submitted into the market. If any of the potential orders fails the risk check, no orders are placed and the whole synthetic spread order is pulled.
Once your Autospreader order passes the risk-check and is working in the market:
For example, if you configure and buy a two-legged spread with a 1 to 1 ratio and quoting in both legs, all potential orders (the two quoting orders and the two hedge orders) are risk-checked against your position limits. The resulting worst case position for this example is long two contracts in Leg A and short two contracts in Leg B. These quantities must pass the pre-trade risk check, otherwise the spread order is not allowed.
When any of the contracts in a working spread closes, Autospreader pulls all quoting leg orders and deletes the spread. This is to prevent spreads from getting legged when a contract closes because Autospreader cannot properly hedge the remaining working orders.
When any of the contracts in a working spread closes and there are working hedge orders, Autospreader pulls all quoting leg orders, but the hedge leg orders and spread will remain working in a legged state.
If a spread color identifier is selected for the synthetic spread instrument, the vertical color bar appears on the synthetic spread orders in the MD Trader widget for each leg, as well as in the Order Book.
When submitting Autospreader parent orders, the following order types are supported:
For Autospreader parent orders, the following TIFs are supported:
Note: Both the quote and hedge orders are submitted with the same order type and TIF as the parent spread order.
Submitting an Autospreader order as GTC allows you to work the spread order across market sessions. Both the quote and hedge orders are submitted as GTC.
When the underlying markets transition to a closed state, Autospreader does not attempt to change or cancel the quote or hedge orders. When the markets transition back to an open state (including Pre-Open), Autospreader resumes managing the child orders.
When spreading products with different session close times, Autospreader cancels the quote order when a leaning market transitions to a closed state. When the leaning market transitions back to an open state, Autospreader resubmits the GTC quote order.
In the event of Autospreader server maintenance or a server crash, all spread orders are canceled as soon as the quote orders are canceled. If a market is closed when the server restarts, Autospreader will cancel any remaining quote orders as soon as the market transitions to a state that allows cancels (i.e., Pre Open).
Autospreader requires that the exchange natively supports GTC when the "Active Quoting" option is enabled for that leg. If the exchange does not support GTC, Autospreader rejects the spread order. If "Active Quoting" is disabled for that leg and the exchange does not support GTC, Autospreader submits the hedge orders as Day (GTD) orders.
Parent Autospreader orders can be modified in the Order Book using the "Change" button. For example, the TextTT value on a working Autospreader order can be modified using the "Change" button without the need to perform a "Cxl/Replace". The new value on the working parent is automatically applied to the child leg orders. Changes to a filled Autospreader parent order are not applied to the child order fills.
Note: If changing TIF on a working Autospreader order in the Order Book, a "Cxl/Replace" action is required.