Mysterious sim positions

[TraderTony]

While I am trading NT seems to be opening positions in my sim account despite having no sim dom or order entry open. I keep hearing 'stop filled' etc at times when I have no position open which is a bit freaky to put it mildly. At other times I go to exit NT and I am told I have a position open. Thankfully, this is a sim position, but again, it is not something I have opened.

Any ideas?

Also, for the past couple of days, I have had a Microsoft .NET error message everytime I try to exit NT.

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

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Please check your strategy, do you have any auto reverse options enabled? Please check your order panel and see what pending orders are active, check your position tab. Also, please click on the details button when you get the .NET error message and paste the information here.

Thanks!

[TraderTony]

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ninjatrader wrote:

Please check your strategy, do you have any auto reverse options enabled? Please check your order panel and see what pending orders are active, check your position tab. Also, please click on the details button when you get the .NET error message and paste the information here.

Thanks!

OK - Doh - in checking for any auto reverse I have found that for some reason I had a shadow strategy loading automatically with my core strategy which no doubt caused the sim positions.

Will post the error message next time I get it.

Thanks.

[TraderTony]

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Here's the error message...

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

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a) There probably is running another instance of NT. Please check by the task manager.
b) If there is only instance: Can you please provide exacts steps on how to reproduce the problem?

Thanks

[TraderTony]

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Dierk Droth wrote:

a) There probably is running another instance of NT. Please check by the task manager.

- There is only 1 version: 1 control centre, 1 Dom, 1 chart.

b) If there is only instance: Can you please provide exacts steps on how to reproduce the problem?

- Every day every time I close a Dom or a chart

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

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What Dierk meant was in Windows Task Manager, CTRL-ALT-DELETE, check the Processes Tab, do you see two instances of NinjaTrader.exe when you get this problem?

Ray

[TraderTony]

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Situation seems to have taken a turn for the worse today and has crashed twice in tjhe past 20 mins with the following bug message:

Task manager shows just one control centre.

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

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This is a different situation, not the same error message you provided below. What OS are you on?

Thanks

[TraderTony]

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I'm on Windows XP.

Here is the full text from the most recent .Net error message...

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file "C:\Program Files\NinjaTrader 5\workspaces\Default.xml" because it is being used by another process.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String str)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Save(String filename)
at NinjaTrader.Gui.WorkspaceOptions.SaveForm(Boolean applicationExit)
at NinjaTrader.Gui.WorkspaceOptions.WorkspaceOptions_ Closing(Object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.CancelEventHandler.Invoke(Ob ject sender, CancelEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnClosing(CancelEventArg s e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmClose(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage (Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(M essage& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


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[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

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There clearly is a file locking conflict.

Please provide exact details on how to reproduce.

Thanks

[TraderTony]

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Dierk Droth wrote:

There clearly is a file locking conflict.

Please provide exact details on how to reproduce.

Thanks

I keep saying - it happens every day, every time I close either a Dom or a chart. I have rebooted, reloaded etc many times but every single time I close anything this happens.

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

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Ok, please try this: Remove file "C:\Program Files\NinjaTrader 5\workspaces\Default.xml" from your harddrive. I suspect, the problem can arise due to inconsistent file.

Note: This will remove all your UI settings.

[TraderTony]

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First signs look good - I did this and re-started NT. I opened and then closed a Dom without the error message. Will let you know how it progresses.

Thanks for all your help.

[thrunner]

Similar situation here after a connection outage while having a position in the simulator. Deleted \My Documents\NinjaTrader 6\workspaces\Default.xml seemed to help a little with program stability. However, there is still a x0s position (zero, with a stop loss above, not shown) that cannot be deleted (by X or Flat or Close) and the DOM cannot be scrolled any longer.
Is there a way to fix this or will this go away the next day?
Please see attached picture: