Exit Positions before market closes: What if connection loss?

[pstrusi]

Hi Ninjas,

As day trader it's mandatory to exit any opened position before market closes. For this purpose you might have basically 2 ways:

1. Use NinjaTrader function called "Flatten All" under Options-Misc OR
2. Program it in your Algo under a special condition.

So far so good, but there's a dangerous situation that I can't still solve: What if there's connection loss in your location ( home, zone....etc ) and your system isn't able to send exit orders?

- Is there any way to program this directly from Ninjatraders's servers so orders will be triggered always?


I've done this question to Intercativebrokers, but so far no answer.

Any help would be highly appreciated.

[NinjaTrader_Brandon]

Hello pstrusi,

Thanks for your post.

No, this can not be programmed onto our servers. Your script runs directly off your computer. What you may want to consider however is running NinjaTrader and a VPS. Additionally you can set you TIF for your orders to Day.

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