# Relative limits/stops need to support percentages

**URL:** <https://forums.collective2.com/t/relative-limits-stops-need-to-support-percentages/6497>\
**Category:** C2\
**Created:** [November 13, 2012, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/relative-limits-stops-need-to-support-percentages/6497 "2012-11-13T11:27:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![AaronBompus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@AaronBompus](https://forums.collective2.com/u/AaronBompus)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/relative-limits-stops-need-to-support-percentages/6497/1 "2012-11-13T11:27:59Z")

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I am trying to use relative stops/limits when placing orders like the following:  
  
  
  
O + 10%  
  
O + 12%  
  
  
  
The issue I am seeing is that it is ignoring the % sign and instead is doing O + $10 , O + $12  
  
  
  
Would it be possible to support the % sign when entering relative orders as I am sure that many of us place stops based on percentages instead of dollar amounts. This would be a great improvement and shouldn’t be too difficult to develop.  
  
  
  
Thank you!

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**Author:** ![AaronBompus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@AaronBompus](https://forums.collective2.com/u/AaronBompus)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/relative-limits-stops-need-to-support-percentages/6497/2 "2012-11-15T09:38:30Z")

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Anyone?

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**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:** [November 15, 2012, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/relative-limits-stops-need-to-support-percentages/6497/3 "2012-11-15T09:40:40Z")

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It’s a good suggestion. It’s not currently available, but I’ll try to add it in the next revision of that part of the API.

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**Author:** ![AaronBompus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@AaronBompus](https://forums.collective2.com/u/AaronBompus)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/relative-limits-stops-need-to-support-percentages/6497/4 "2012-11-29T00:26:25Z")

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Thank you. It would be much appreciated and save a lot of headaches when I am entering and updating trades.

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**Author:** ![AaronBompus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@AaronBompus](https://forums.collective2.com/u/AaronBompus)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/relative-limits-stops-need-to-support-percentages/6497/5 "2013-05-25T15:24:06Z")

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It’s been a while. Is there any update on this? I know it would help a lot for those of us that want a 5% limit/stop order placed based upon the exact entry price which we can’t predict ahead of time.