Thank you. But that's quite stupid, isn't it?

So how do the Youtubers that do swing trading do it? Do they have to sit in front of their computer all day?

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OK, apparently Binance has this feature built in, an "OCO order".
https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/what-is-an-oco-order

That's fine, I was thinking of moving there anyway due to the higher volume.

Thanks everyone, think we've solved the issue!

Hi guys. Many thanks for your replies! I still don't know how to do it though.


Assume I have 1 BTC.
I put a limit sell order for 1 BTC above the current price (this is my high target price).
Once placed, when I try to put a stop-loss order for 1 BTC at below current price (this is my stop-loss price), the system tells me I have zero bitcoin, so I can't place the stop-loss order.
To my mind, I still have 1 BTC because the limit sell order has yet to fire, but it could be that as far as Poloniex is concerned I don't have it since it is on order.

I have been playing around with charting and would like to learn about swing trading.
But I can't do it if I have to be at my computer all the time

I also asked in Poloniex chat trollbox and the mod pointed me to the futures function. That sounds far to complicated for what I need.

Hi all,

I am trying to learn about investing and trading but still a newby.

I am trading on Poloniex but do not know how to set both a higher sell order and a stop-loss order at the same time.

What happens is that once I place my higher sell order, the system tells me I have no more funds ie. it "takes them away" so I can't place my stop-loss order.

If it's not obvious, I would like to tell Poloniex:
- if price reaches X high, sell.
- if price reaches Y low, sell just below.

Think this is all standard practice, but I'm clueless how to do it.

Any ideas? Thank you!