Chart Trading / Strategy trading

[RDPoS]

Say I am using a short parabolic strategy that just takes the short side of any parabolic trades but I don't have a definitive start and stop time.

Say when the market opens, it is already on the short side.

If I use chart trader to enter the short side, then activate the short parabolic strategy, will it work as I expect it to under live trading or will the strategy autoclose any existing positions?

I know when trying this on SIM101, it does not work, because the first order entered with chart trader is canceled.

I don't want to experience some odd result testing it with the live account, so I was wondering if anyone knows the answer to the question on the live side?

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello RDPos,

There are different options for account syncing. This page details the combinations:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/syncing_account_positions.htm

The strategy behavior will vary based on:
Immediately submit / wait until flat setting
Sync account position setting
Strategy position

These settings work similarly with a sim account and live account, so you should be able to get a feel for how it works sim trading first.

Syncing account is a new feature for version 7. In version 6.5 any type of account syncing is done with manually submitted orders.