Cancelling Orders with COMMAND not working

[sdruley]

I am making BUY SELL calls through my own software using DOS commands which are faster than using the Place function which is part of the dll infrastructure. But, because of this, I believe I have run into difficulty in cancelling orders using the COMMAND function. I continue to get a VALUE# error when entering the required parameters including the Order ID. I believe that the only way it will work is if the order was placed through the PLACE command and it must have associated with it a valid strategy ID that was entered as part of the PLACE execution. Is there any way around this problem or do I have to sit down and reprogram again. Perhaps there is another function other than COMMAND that can be used to cancel an order.

[NinjaTrader_Matthew]

sdruley,

Someone will be responding to you early tomorrow morning. Thanks for your patience.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

sdruley, correct the order id has to match the one assigned through the PLACE call, or if you've assigned /executed an ATM strategy as well, you could reference the order through the name directly (TARGET1 for example).

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

There's a CANCELALLORDERS as well available, but likely not optimal for your case so reprogramming to take the above into consideration would be best I feel.

[sdruley]

Mr. Bertrand,

Can I execute a cancel order with just an ATM strategy whilst not in the possession of the Place command as your note suggests?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

You cannot execute a CancelOrder standalone, it has to be for an order started first via the PLACE Command, if you've attached an ATM or not, does not matter in this context.

[sdruley]

I currently have the following commands:
COMMAND
FILLED
MARKET POSITION
ORDERS
ORDERSTATUS
REALIZEDPnL
GETHASHCODE
GETTYPE
TOSTRING

If I program in the Trade function, can you think of any other function that i might need?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

You can simply keep this list as reference handy as you program your interface - http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h.../functions.htm