Size issue with IB on Spot Forex

[Mindset]

If I want to submit an order in code for 405,000 EurUsd spot forex how would I write it?

I am using oif and it submits the order but should it not read 0.4M rather than 405,000?

PLACE;"+accountid+";"+symb()+";BUY;"+sizestr+";STOPLIMIT;"+
limitep.ToString()+";" + entryp.ToString()+";DAY;;"+symb()+"orderid;;";

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Hello Mindset,

I believe both values are possible. 0.4M represents a value of 400,000. So I suggest to use an order quantity of 405,000.

[Mindset]

Update

Ok - it seems that because you can go down to 1,000 on forex size with IB - amounts divisible by 10,000 get translated literally whilst other amounts get rounded.

So....

240,000 will be translated to 0.24M

237,000 = 237,000.

My simple solution was therefore to round size up to the nearest $10,000.

NB for those not used to IB - spot forex is not traded in mini , micro or standard sizes but in 'value" - so you buy/sell eg $240,000 gbp of the cable pair.
If your account has a balance of > 15k you can size down to 1k.

Took me ages to find that out.

[sam028]

On Ideal exchange, the minimum is not 1k but 1 unit.
If someone has an idea for being able to round with something lower than 10K with Ninja...

[Mindset]

ideal pro

Depends what you are trading apparently...
eurusd for instance min order is 20000 USD which is say 16k gbp but you can trade 21k, etc

aud = 35,000 minimum and eur = 20,000 minimum so that should be straightforward with coding up my position sizing then (lol)