OrderMethod/Onexecution

[elitetradernyc]

Hey guys, when you meet a profit target in a trade using the statement, SetProfitTarget("Long 1a", CalculationMode.Ticks, profitVar);

Lets say I want to change certain variables in the Onexecution method when the "Long 1a" trade meets its profit target and is sold, how do I know which position was sold in OnExecution?

#region OrderMethod
protected override void OnExecution(IExecution execution)

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

You can call SetProfitTarget() throughout OnBarUpdate() to change the values used without needing OnExecution.

When using OnExecution to track orders you would likely want to use IOrders to manage your position as opposed to calling the SetProfitTarget() method.

That being said this is possible to call SetProfitTarget() from OnExecution()

For an example of determining which order called OnExecution please see: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...ead.php?t=7499

[elitetradernyc]

Hi, thanks for the info, but when I use SetProfitTarget like

SetProfitTarget("Long 1a", CalculationMode.Ticks, profit1);

entryOrder1 = EnterLong(0, DefaultQuantity, "Long 1a");

protected override void OnExecution(IExecution execution)
{
if(entryOrder1 != null)

entryOrder1 comes up as NULL here for some reason, not sure why?

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

Do you have a sample script that replicates the error.

It is possible OnExecution would get called when the entry order is null but this would depend on your logic. In otherwords you could be setting it to null somewhere else or a different order could be calling OnExecution