Why do I see orders on new charts with no scripts running?

[Elliott Wave]

I've been wondering about this for a while.

It seems that when I open a new chart with absolutely nothing running I'll have buy and sell orders everywhere on the chart...

Any ideas?

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

Since you likely ran a strategy in some account. A blank chart will plot all executions from any account in the database.

[Elliott Wave]

Actually, this is a blank chart, I just opened Ninja, I'm not even connected to any account and don't have any scripts running at all.

I do recognize some of the signal names from a custom strategy though. Could be be caused by a programming error or something messed up in my configuration?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

You don't need to be connected to an account because the information is stored in your NT database. This is why it is loaded up like that.

[Elliott Wave]

Ok thanks, is there a way to get rid of it? If I reset the simulator account will that do the trick? Or would I use Reset DB?

The only time I want to see orders plotted is when that particular strategy is running, otherwise I want a blank chart to be just that, allowing me to test ideas with a clean slate.

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

You can

- Reset the simulator
- Disable plotting of execution on a chart (Chart Properties)

[Elliott Wave]

I don't really want to have to reset the account everyday just so these plots go away so I think I'll try saving a template with plotting disabled, and then try to re-enable plotting from within the strategies.

An additional option in the chart properties to plot only when a strategy is on a chart would be really helpful in the future...

While this feature may have use for some, its a 'bug' for me.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Using two chart templates is generally what people do. They just switch between the two depending on what they want to see. Just as effective as an option.

[Elliott Wave]

That's probably what I'll do. Thanks for the tips.

I would be great if the templates were directly accessible in the templates context menu (like Instruments and Intervals), but I know thats already being considered...