Linking entries

[CaptainAmericaXX]

Hello,
In my strategy I want to enter a position with 2 contracts, have the first exit early and the 2nd remain in the market longer. The exit of the 2nd will be dependant on the 1st. How would one go about first separating 2 entries that fire according the same conditions and then causing the exit of the 2nd to be dependant on the first? Any suggestions?

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

CaptainAmericaXX, in order to scale out of a position, you will need to first scale into it.

You can do this by submitting two orders at the same time from the same conditions:

if (entry conditions == true)
{
   EnterLong(1, "long entry 1");
   EnterLong(1, "long entry 2");
}

As for exiting the second position after the first, you will need to keep track of when you want to exit and then submit the orders at the appropriate time, or you can track the executions and look for the exits in OnExecution() or OnOrderUpdate().

[CaptainAmericaXX]

Hello,
Thank you for the response to my question.
This is what I have so far on that issue:
if (condition == true)
{
IOrder order1 = EnterShort(DefaultQuantity, "order1");
IOrder order2 = EnterShort(DefaultQuantity, "order2");

}
Pretty simple. Unfortunately as order1 is coming back valid, order2 is coming back null. Any idea why order2 wouldn't work?
Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Thanks for the note.

What do you have entries per direction set to when you run the strategy? This is in the strategy start parameters.

I look forward to assisting you further.

[CaptainAmericaXX]

I hate it when I forget simple things. I added the Unique entries. That fixed it. Thanks for the help.

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

We all do it . Glad to help.