# Auto trade going crazy? **URL:** \ **Category:** C2\ **Created:** [October 11, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-going-crazy/8956 "2016-10-11T16:00:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DavidStephens](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/davidstephens/32/6369_2.png) [@DavidStephens](https://forums.collective2.com/u/DavidStephens)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-going-crazy/8956/1 "2016-10-11T16:00:51Z")
I just had most of my open positions closed and then reopened a few minutes later by c2 autotrade?? This was across three unrelated systems. Anyone else seeing crazy behavior? ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_WahCheung](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/hung_wahcheung/32/238_2.png) [@Hung\_WahCheung](https://forums.collective2.com/u/Hung_WahCheung)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-going-crazy/8956/2 "2016-10-11T16:04:38Z")
Yes, same here. another C2 issue? Don’t make the same mistake as me and reenter the trade. Positions will be doubled. Now I have to reduce. ---
**Author:** ![CarmaAdvisory](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/carmaadvisory/32/109_2.png) [@CarmaAdvisory](https://forums.collective2.com/u/CarmaAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-going-crazy/8956/3 "2016-10-11T16:07:40Z")
I experienced the same problem ---
**Author:** ![RonD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/rond/32/1487_2.png) [@RonD](https://forums.collective2.com/u/RonD)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-going-crazy/8956/4 "2016-10-11T16:13:25Z")
Does this happen alot? ---
**Author:** ![DavidStephens](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/davidstephens/32/6369_2.png) [@DavidStephens](https://forums.collective2.com/u/DavidStephens)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-going-crazy/8956/5 "2016-10-11T16:20:07Z")
No, it doesn’t happen a lot. I’ve had 2 autotrade related issues over the last 12 months and I make significant use of C2. Both were minor issues. ---
**Author:** ![carzxxz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/carzxxz/32/594_2.png) [@carzxxz](https://forums.collective2.com/u/carzxxz)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-going-crazy/8956/6 "2016-10-11T16:33:40Z")
This is a confidence buster… ---
**Author:** ![c2-auto-trader](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/c2-auto-trader/32/21425_2.png) [@c2-auto-trader](https://forums.collective2.com/u/c2-auto-trader)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-going-crazy/8956/7 "2016-10-11T17:07:48Z")
Same thing, all the open positions were closed and then reopen. Waiting for official comments. ---
**Author:** ![MatthewKlein](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/matthewklein/32/21382_2.png) [@MatthewKlein](https://forums.collective2.com/u/MatthewKlein)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-going-crazy/8956/8 "2016-10-11T17:31:43Z")
Here is a summary of what happened today: > [@Status: AutoTrade Problem - 2016/10/11](https://forums.collective2.com/t/status-autotrade-problem-2016-10-11/8958): > > At around noon Eastern USA time, we had a technical problem. Our AutoTrade servers lost their connections to our main database. This meant that for a few minutes, our AutoTrade servers believed that broker accounts should have no open positions. Thus C2’s AutoSync process closed many account positions. When the database connections were re-established, these positions were re-opened. I am very sorry that this happened. I know that it was deeply disturbing to our customers, and worse, that - in … ---
**Author:** ![MatthewKlein](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/matthewklein/32/21382_2.png) [@MatthewKlein](https://forums.collective2.com/u/MatthewKlein)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-going-crazy/8956/9 "2016-10-11T17:32:05Z")