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    Help With ES ATM strategy

    Hello all,

    I'm new to NinjaTrader, and I am trying to put together an advanced, multi-target ATM strategy. I understand the basics of setting the stop and target levels, but it's the break-even, trailing stop portion that I'm not sure about.

    Any help would be most appreciated.

    The strategy is for the ES, trading 3 contracts.

    Initial Stop:

    3 contracts - 8 ticks

    Target Levels:

    1st contract - 4 ticks
    2nd contract - 6 ticks
    3rd contract - 0 tick ( No set target )

    Ok, that's the easy part; now this is where I'm not sure of.

    With the Initial targets and stops in place, I would like to implement the following break-even / auto-trailing strategy:

    At 4 ticks profit - Move remaining stops to Entry - 4 ticks
    At 6 ticks profit - Move remaining stops to Entry - 2 ticks
    At 8 ticks profit - Move remaining stop to Breakeven + 1

    Once at the 8 tick profit level, I would then like to implement a different auto-trail strategy, whereby for every additional 4 tick ( 1 pt ) move, I would like to move the stop up at an 8 tick ( 2 pt ) distance from the new level. For example:

    At 12 ticks profit ( 3 pts ) - Move stop to Entry + 4 ticks (lock in 4 ticks profit )

    At 16 ticks profit ( 4 pts ) - Move stop to Entry + 8 ticks ( lock in 8 ticks of profit ).

    etc.

    Is this type of advanced ATM strategy possible with Ninja? Ideally, I would like to automate most of the above process.

    Again, I would very much appreciate any help on this matter. Thanks.

    #2
    Hello,

    Please setup your strategy as follows:

    Order qty: 3

    Target 1
    Stop loss: 8
    Profit target: 4

    Target 2
    Stop loss: 8
    Profit target: 6

    Auto Breakeven
    Profit trigger: 4
    Plus: -4

    Target 3
    Stop loss: 8
    Profit target: 0

    Auto Breakeven
    Profit trigger: 4
    Plus: 0

    AutoTrail
    Step1
    Stop loss: 8
    Frequency: 99
    Profit trigger: 6

    Step2
    Stop loss: 7
    Frequency: 99
    Profit trigger: 8

    Step3
    Stop loss: 8
    Frequency: 4
    Profit trigger: 12
    Last edited by NinjaTrader_Jason; 06-16-2008, 05:30 AM.

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      #3
      Hi Jason,

      Thank you so very much for providing that guideline. That helps tremendously, and I really appreciate that!

      BTW....is it possible to set up a "4 target" strategy with Ninja? If that is not currently possible, are there plans for that in the future?

      thanks again.

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        #4
        Hi minitrader,

        Unfortunately, it is not possible to use four targets upon creating an ATM strategy.

        I will forward your suggestion to our development team and ask them if they can add this to the list of future considerations for the software.

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