avg trading price

[nepenthean]

Hello.

Why does NT adjust this? Is there a way to disable it? I just want to see my entry price and stops in place, not an avg price.

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Thank you for your forum post.

Are you using ATM Strategies?

I look forward to assisting you further.

[nepenthean]

Thanks Brett for replying so fast.

I used an ATM just to apply a fixed exit, no trailing stops, no profit targets. Is there a way to just keep my entry price highlighted each new trade day?

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Yes you can do this as long as you use ATM Strategies. Each ATM Strategies can be its own containued unit with its own entry price and stop.

If you would like each ATM to be reflected with its own entry and stop in the performance how I would do this, is to reselect your ATM Strategy template after you place your trade.

Steps are place trade, ATM Strategy changes to *ACTIVE ATM Template name. Change ATM Strategy in the superDOM back to just ATM Template name.

Now you when you submit your second order it will have its own entry price and stop and will be reflected in the account performance.

One superDOM can only display one adverage entry price. So there a way around this however.

Please right click on the superDOM and select properties and then change the ATMStrategySelectionMode to DisplaySelectedATMStrategyOnly.

Once this is changed now on the one superDOM you will only see the selected ATM Strategy. You would need to then toggle between the ACTIVE atm strategies to see each one on the singleDOM by changing the ATM Strategy.

Alternatevly you can create secondary or more superDOM window and have each trade shown in its own superDOM with them all set to DisplaySelectedATMSttrategyOnly mode. This way you can view all of them if you need to instead of toggling between each to keep tabs.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/atm_strategy_selection_mode.htm

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[nepenthean]

I read over the link provided; however, I did not see anything on doing this with chart trader. Did I miss it? Just to be clear, instead of having the average trade price highlighted after settlement, I want my entry price highlighted for the trade's duration. Do you know what I mean?

Thanks again

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

This is a completely different issue. So your holding a position overnight and you want your entry price seen and not the settlement over to the next day?

[nepenthean]

Yes, exactly.

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Got it, Ok this is actually a function of your broker and not NinjaTrader. Therefor there will be no way to change this functionality as your trade is actually liquidated and then reopened with the open price.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[nepenthean]

When you say liquidated you do not mean it is sold right? That would be illustrated in a volume spike. You mean the trade's value is settled with respect to my account?

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Best to contact your broker and have them confirm but it is called marked to market and is something that they do with your position at the end of the day. I'm unsure of the specifics of what it specifically does.

[nepenthean]

Ok, I will do that. Could I ask an unrelated question? What makes my account's cash value fluctuate when I have a trade on?

During sim play today, I had on a profitable position and under the accounts tab my cash value swelled by way more than my profit. Could you explain this? . The instrument was 6C. I had 15 contracts long, and the cash value increased by about 15k$. Margin for this is 1k$ intraday, but why would the cash value of my account increase by that amount? After I closed out, the cash value decreased leaving only the profit increasing the cash value.

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

nepenthean,

This fluctuation depends on all of your settings in terms of margin/unit, margin, maintenance, etc. It is just the relationship of your leveraging when you are in an open position.