Error message order has exceeded account equity

[John833]

Hello

I've posted this error before but it appears the thread has been deleted.

I am still have the problem of my strategies being stopped with an error message that says the account equity has been exceeded.

Jason suggested that I increase the initial cash in the sim tab, please see below.
I am doing 1 lot futures orders an 100k fx orders with my script so nothing large at all, and I have set account equity at 10m.





I am however running 11 scripts concurrently, 7 fx, 1 commodity and 3 index futures, but rarely does more than 4 instruments have positions at the same time.

Any idea what is causing the error?

Also, the error occurs when there are 2 or 3 other positions open.

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

Hello John833,

Thank you for your post.

After you have set your Initial cash value please reset your simulator account for this to take affect. To reset the simulator please go to Tools-->Options-->Simulator tab-->Reset. Keep in mind this will delete all previous trade history.

Please let me know if the isssue persists after this procedure.

[John833]

yes Jason already has already said to reset, and I've done that

I still have the problem...

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

When you are connected can you please tell me how much Buying Power is showing within the Accounts tab of the Control Center.

[John833]

Please find attached, buying power almost 20m

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

Please send a note to Support [AT] NinjaTrader [DOT] com with "ATTN: Chris" in the subject line.

In the message, please include the following:
1.) A link to this forum thread.
2.) Your most current trace file.

You will find the file here: My Documents > NinjaTrader 6.5 > Trace > trace.YYYYMMDD.txt

[John833]

ok its been sent

[John833]

I would appreciate some help on this problem.

After corresponding with Chris in this thread I sent the trace file as requested. His answer was to create a new database file for my ATM Strategies.
If he had read the correspondence properly, I have already explained I was running my own script and had NOTHING to do with ATM strategies.
The next email was from Ben and he suggested, that I go to File>flatten everything.

Of course I have already done this when Chris said I should reset the sim account.

The sim account balance has been increased to 50m, my trading sizes for currency rarely exceeds 500k, and I would have only 3 futures contact open at any one time.

I am still having the same problem.

I am a NT licence holder, and have been programming my script for over a year so I know a little about NT. So I would therefore be grateful if I do ask a question that it is at least read properly, an appropriate answer is given, and that I don't need to explain everything again a number of times.

So I would be happy if some light could be shed on this. Thanks

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

Hello John833,

Thank you for your reply.

I cannot locate your trace and log files that you had sent in previously. Please send these files again to Support [AT] NinjaTrader [DOT] com with "ATTN: Chris" in the subject line.

In the message, please include the following:
1.) A link to this forum thread.
2.) Your most current trace file.

You will find the file here: My Documents > NinjaTrader 6.5 > Trace > trace.YYYYMMDD.txt

[John833]

OK I've sent the files again, I hope you don't send me off again on a wild goose chase.. please familiarize yourself with this problem and read this thread again

thank you

[John833]

Chris .Ok I have followed your instructions in your email and reinstalled both the latest versions of IB and NT. I still have the same problem.

I have attached the trace file

trace.witherror121209.txt


With the greatest respect Chris, if you are unable to offer a solution to this, I would appreciate if you could offer this problem to someone at NT than could.


Thanks

[John833]

Here's another error that's just occurred.

Only had 1 other position open which was a FX position of 100k euro.

FYI The account size I've set is at 50m

trace.witherror121209 B.txt

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hi John,

Thank you for your reply.

Please continue working with Chris through the email thread you already have going.

[John833]

OK that fine, but if Chris doesn't know how to solve this problem, it doesn't help much does it?

And the reason I would like to keep this open in the forum, is I don't want this problem to be ignored or brushed under the carpet.

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

Hello John833,

I am sending a note to our development team and either someone from that department or I will respond as soon as we gather additional information.

Thank you for your patience.