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In this case you will click on the number to the right/left and when you do a new mini window appears and allows you to set the new size.
for more details and a video on this see the third section here: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...ing_orders.htmLanceNinjaTrader Customer Service
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In this case you will click on the number to the right/left
1.Click with your left mouse button in the center column on the Stop Loss or Profit Target order you want to modify.
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Originally posted by Instamess View PostThat just asks me if I want to place a new order.
For more robust modification you'll want to turn on single click order modification. See the 4th section here: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...ing_orders.htm
It will allow you to split your stops or targets.LanceNinjaTrader Customer Service
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Originally posted by NinjaTrader_Lance View Postsorry I was thinking you were wanting to change the size of existing orders and adding new orders is the way to do that. However if you're saying you have a target and want to split the size of it you can do this
how do you set or change stop and target figures on an order after it's been placed?
Let's say I've placed an order manually and haven't set a target for it. A few minutes later I decide to add a target. Your page says
Pressing down on the Left mouse button on the "+ TARGET" (to add) or "- TARGET" (to remove) buttons when "Show Quick Buttons" is set to True in the SuperDOM properties dialog window
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Thank you for clarifying. You are correct the +Target button will not work unless you're using an ATM strategy.
If you want to add a Target you would need to place a Limit order by left clicking in the corresponding column
If you wanted to place a stop order you would need to press CTRL+Middle mouse click (or just middle mouse click depending on your settings in properties)
Next you need to decide if you want them to be OCO orders. For a video on this:
You can accomplish a breakout/breakdown approach by:
Right click in the SuperDOM and select the menu "OCO Order" to enable this function
For your first order, select the desired option from the "ATM Strategy" drop down list
Submit your stop order to buy above the market
For your second order, select the desired option from the "ATM Strategy" drop down list
Submit your stop order to sell below the market
CRITICAL Right click in the SuperDOM and select the menu "OCO Order" to disable this function
Let me know if I can further assist.LanceNinjaTrader Customer Service
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Thanks for your reply.
Originally posted by NinjaTrader_Lance View PostIf you wanted to place a stop order you would need to press CTRL+Middle mouse click (or just middle mouse click depending on your settings in properties).
And the same thing in reverse to set a target on an existing open order?
Seems unnecessarily complicated to me
For your first order, select the desired option from the "ATM Strategy" drop down list
I'll go and read up on your oco and other options and get back.
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Yes if you have an open position with no exit orders you would have to place an order in order to be able to exit that position. If you want both a stop and a target you would need to link them using OCO functionality as described here in the OCO section: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...x.html?sub.htm
An ATM strategy would allow you to automatically have a stop and target applied for you without you needing to manually submit them: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...gement_atm.htm
Let me know if I can further assist.LanceNinjaTrader Customer Service
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If you wanted to place a stop order you would need to press CTRL+Middle mouse click
An ATM strategy would allow you to automatically have a stop and target applied for you without you needing to manually submit them
Like I said, I think it's unnecessarily complicated in NT. In MetaTrader, for example, I can open an individual order and type in a stop and target. Same with other platforms like IGIndex's. No creating new orders and getting all muddled about which orders cancels which ones. I can see this being particularly dangerous when scaling in/out.
I like NinjaTrader and it has many advantages, but this order management isn't well thought out. IMO.
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Originally posted by Instamess View PostLike I said, I think it's unnecessarily complicated in NT. In MetaTrader, for example, I can open an individual order and type in a stop and target. Same with other platforms like IGIndex's. No creating new orders and getting all muddled about which orders cancels which ones. I can see this being particularly dangerous when scaling in/out.
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An ATM strategy would allow you to do this. The stops and targets will not have to be automatically adjusted. You still can have total control over the orders.
Please see this video for examples: http://screencast.com/t/9HApspCOfQ
Let me know if I can further assist.LanceNinjaTrader Customer Service
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Originally posted by Instamess View PostI don't have a mouse and there's no middle mouse click feature on this laptop.
I get that. But I don't want it automated. I want to set stops and targets manually and be able to change them easily based on the price action.
Like I said, I think it's unnecessarily complicated in NT. In MetaTrader, for example, I can open an individual order and type in a stop and target. Same with other platforms like IGIndex's. No creating new orders and getting all muddled about which orders cancels which ones. I can see this being particularly dangerous when scaling in/out.
I like NinjaTrader and it has many advantages, but this order management isn't well thought out. IMO.
I would suggest that some reading of the NinjaTrader manual would be a big help here. There are 4 different ways to enter orders manually in NinjaTrader, to suit different traders propensities. ref: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...rder_entry.htm
Find the method that you want to use, and be on your way. Just to give you a start, I have shown you below what the Basic Entry window looks like. I believe it allows you to do what you described in the paragraph to which I am responding.
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koganam, I always find your posts most useful and helpful. Thanks.
Originally posted by koganam View PostYou need a mouse with a middle button in order to place stops. If you want to trade, then you need to get the correct equipment. Suitable mice cost as little as $10: less than 1 tick on the /ES.
But your video provides the solution - I could use the basic entry which I hadn't come across before as I was looking only in the SuperDOM section of the NT manual (given NT's advice that all methods of entry did the same thing). Your video even finds a way around the mouse problem and shows how I can manage without a mouse. Thanks.
NT, for future versions please do away with that mouse middle button requirement. It's pre-historic.
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