stragy tab

[light7801]

when i enable the strategies, why some of the tabs turn green and some of them turn yellow? what does a yellow mean? thx

[NinjaTrader_RyanO]

Hi light7801,

Thank you for your post.

Those tabs represent different order states depending on where the order is during the process. Green represents that the order has been received confirmed by the exchange. Yellow is locally simulated orders.

Please see the following link for more information.

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/helpguide.html?AppendixA

[light7801]

hi Ryan,

no i am not talking about order status. i am implementing my strategies in the strategy tab. when i enable a strategy, the tab is supposed to turn green. if i disable it the green color will be gone. but i don't understand the yellow color when i enable a strategy. it seems the strategy is not enabled. please instruct me what's going on and how to fix this thanks.

[NinjaTrader_RyanO]

light7801,

Yellow highlighted cells indicate the strategy is waiting until it reaches a flat position to be in sync with the account position before fully starting.

[light7801]

hi Ryan, there's no really exit code written for the strategy so i don't know how it can reach a flat position. all exit orders are taking profit orders once a buy order is generated. i looked a yellow tab stock and the price is well above its take profit target for last entry condition, but the tab does not turn to green. so i assume the strategy cannot reach a flat position by calculating the take profit target price after an entry?　if this is the case then how to fix this? thanks

[NinjaTrader_RyanO]

light7801,

What you could do is go to Tools-->Options-->Strategies-->NinjaScript.

In the On Starting Real Time Strategy please set the option to be 'Immediately Submit Live Working Historical Orders'.

This will get your strategy to turn green even though there are no exit conditions, as you mention.

[light7801]

hi Ryan, i don't want to choose that option because it contradicts with my strategy.

what i don't understand is some of the cells did turn green. Not all the cells are yellow when i implement the same strategy. but i found some yellow cell stock's price is well above its take profit target for last entry condition. this really confuses me. what might be the reason to cause this?

[NinjaTrader_RyanO]

Hi,

Well, the yellow is waiting to submit your first entry order until you are flat overall. What you do could is flatten your position within the strategy so that it turns green. You would need to do this manually.

Please see the following link, but even though it is from the 6.5 help guide it is equally applicable to 7.

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/helpguide.html?StrategyPositionVsAccountPosition

[light7801]

Hi Ryan, i just want to confirm one point, if i set a take profit order at the end of the strategy builder, when the market price move above the profit take target, will the strategy position goes to flat?

[NinjaTrader_RyanO]

Hi,

Based on what you say it should go flat by exiting your current position with the take profit order.

[light7801]

ok thanks Ryan. and how to set a strategy position to flat manually?

[NinjaTrader_RyanO]

Hi,

You would need to submit an order in the opposite direction of your current strategy position. You can refer to that link on Account vs Strategy Position that I included earlier.