u/Nekssz

running a simple iron condor strategy on nifty. 4 legs, entered separately via API as individual limit orders.

the problem: by the time all 4 legs fill, the market has moved. my first 2 legs might fill quickly but leg 3 and 4 are now off-price. i either have to chase them with market orders (terrible fills on options) or wait and risk the spread widening further.

on a 4 leg trade with average 1-2 point slippage per leg, i'm losing 4-8 points per entry. on a strategy that targets 15-20 points max profit, that's a massive chunk.

what i want is atomic execution. all 4 legs or none. like a basket order that either fills completely or cancels.

does any indian broker API support proper multi-leg/basket execution? Zerodha's basket order on the web terminal works okay manually but through the API it's basically just sequential orders with no atomicity guarantee.

heard Nubra has a strategy builder that handles multi-leg execution. and i think dhan has basket orders on their app but not sure if it works via API.  anyone actually used these for iron condors or straddles via API?

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