Cancelling working orders at specified time

[kevinh786]

Is there any way to have Ninja Trader automatically cancel working orders if they are not filled by a specified time?

For example, I manually place a buy stop above the market and a sell stop below the market and if neither order is filled by 10AM, I want Ninja to automatically cancel the both working orders.

Is there anything built into Ninja that will handle this situation or would it have to be programmed?

Thank you.

Kevin

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,

You can change the option: tools>options>Misc.>Fatten time and check flatten all.

[kevinh786]

Wouldn't that cancel all orders at the specified time regardless of whether or not they were filled?

I only want the orders canceled if they have not been filled at the specified time. If they have been filled, then I don't want them closed until the end of the day or until they hit their target or stoploss.

Thanks for any help.

Kevin

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,


You can only do this manually or in custom NinjaScript programming, sorry.

[kevinh786]

I tried using the Ninja Wizard to program my idea but it was not letting me do what I wanted.

It seems like it would be simple to program but I am not an experienced programmer.

Basically what I want to do is program a strategy that will handle the following....

If Flat and Time >= 10:00 AM then Cancel all working orders

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.

Kevin

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Kevin, it sounds like you look for a strategy that would cancel unfilled manually placed orders at a specific time for you...this is unfortunately not supported.

[r2kTrader]

Kevin,

You can use this:

http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/vb/showpost.php?p=125920&postcount=6

But it will get you 100% flat across everything. You DOM, all open orders, and stop your strategies and of course exit any open positions.

It's like a hammer.

I tested it it, and it performed as expected. It essentially is the equivilent to the "Flatten Everything" menu option.

WARNING: You are on your own. NT will not help you with this as it is not supported. I have not tested it other than on a sim101 account and it did for me what I wanted. Try it on a sim account and go live at your own risk.

(Don't mean you scare you, but it's par for the course. If you don't know what you are doing, as a rule, don't go outside the scope of what NT will support. If you feel you can produce the result you want and you feel condfident you can get where you need to go, then go for it.)

I tried using the Ninja Wizard to program my idea but it was not letting me do what I wanted.

It seems like it would be simple to program but I am not an experienced programmer.

Basically what I want to do is program a strategy that will handle the following....

If Flat and Time >= 10:00 AM then Cancel all working orders

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.

Kevin

[sourcem]

Hello,

You can change the option: tools>options>Misc.>Fatten time and check flatten all.

Ben,

If I place an order manually in the DOM, then can this Flatten everything command automatically flatten all positions and cancel all extant bracket orders for those positions at the specified Flatten Time?

Thanks.
sourcem

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Correct, if 'Flatten All' is checked - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...6/MiscTab.html

Otherwise, you need to enable it for each position.