Error with stop-order

[soyjesus]

Sometimes when a stop order is sent by my strategy, it causes an error because the price (bad/ask) has changed quickly and then the stop-order is not correct. The problem is that the strategy is turned-off automaticly. How can I solve it?

Thanks in advance.

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello soyjesus,

How are you setting your stop loss order inside of your code?

Example:

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{	

if(MarketPosition.Flat != Position.MarketPosition)
{
//sets stop loss 5 ticks behind average entry price
SetStopLoss(CalculationMode.Ticks, 5);
}
}

[soyjesus]

With every new bar my strategy set a new level stop like: "SetStopLoss(CalculationMode.Price, LevelStop)" where LevelStop is a variable.

The error occurs just when the strategy changes the level-stop for a new one.

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello soyjesus,

So using "CaclulationMode.Price" is going to be an absolute value, which you would want to make sure that it is being reset after the position is closed so that it will not use the same price for the next order that gets processed.

Here is a reference that demonstrates this that you may view at the link below.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3222

You may also add TraceOrders = true to your Initialize() method and you view valuable output related to strategy submitted orders through Tools > Output window to see what price your stop loss is being set to so it is easier to see what is happening.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3627