Submitting target & stop for existing position

[adamus]

My ninjascript strategy uses managed orders and I now wish to adapt it to place a limit and a stop exit orders OCO on positions that exist already.

I read that I can't use the SetProfitTarget() and SetStopLoss() methods because they only executed at the point when the entry order is filled.

Can I set the orders as OCO via the ExitLongStop() and ExitLongLimit() functions, if I specify the same, current fromEntrySignal on both?

I'll be trying it out now, but it would be good to get confirmation.

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

adamus,

That would be the correct way to proceed, yes.

[adamus]

Can I set the orders as OCO via the ExitLongStop() and ExitLongLimit() functions, if I specify the same, current fromEntrySignal on both?

While testing my strategies scripted this way, using the fromEntrySignal for placing a bracketed limit exit and stop exit OCO, I thought I would see the OCO status reflected in the OCO column in the Orders tab in the Strategy Analyzer. However the column is totally blank.

I do see TraceOrders logging stating that one is cancelled when the other is filled and my checks so far bear this out, so shouldn't I see something in the results column?

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

No, the behavior you are seeing is the correct behavior. The OCO column is filled out when you do things like Set() methods or use Unmanaged and explicitly define OCO values.