How to place limit order or stop order regardless of where price current price is?

[gabe3]

Hi, new to using motivewave. I want to place long or short position orders and not have the current price change that. So right now I have shift key for longs if its below current price, but then it becomes a short if its above current price. How do I make it so its a long no matter if I click above or below current price? Its too confusing like this and if price moves quickly while I'm placing my order, my long becomes a short.

 

[El Toro Trading]

The way I have done it, just testing not live trading so far, is if you want a resting buy order above last price you place a Buy Stop and if you want a resting order below last price you place a Sell Stop order. You can initiate a position with a stop just as easily as you can with a limit. Motivewave won't let you put in a limit order on the buy side below the last price in my experiments so far, it has to be a Buy Stop.