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Workaround for IG `/confirms` bug
There is a bug in IG's implementation of their
/confirms/{dealReference}
endpoint, when you close a position. The method in this project is IGService.fetch_deal_by_deal_reference()
. This is the request you make after opening/updating/closing a position or working order. It responds with the status of your request, and a unique ID for the transaction, if it was successful.
The bug is this: when closing a position, fetch_deal_by_deal_reference()
responds with the ID of the opening transaction, not closing. There is a discussion about it on the IG community forum here.
This a real pain. Especially as IG don't even acknowledge that there is anything wrong. It makes it hard to associate opening and closing trades, and therefore get P&L information.
There is a workaround, as outlined in the forum chat. I propose to add built-in support for the workaround in the code. Optional of course.
The same bug exists whether you request the confirms
information via the REST or Streaming API