Swing trading on sim: stoplosses and targets while offline?

[danielk2]

Hi,

I would like to move to NT for my swingtrading sim trades, however if i remember correctly NT will not simulate a stopsloss/target execution correctly while offline?

So, say if i buy oil on SIM at 52.50, place my SL at 52.00 and log off. When i come back the next day, if overnigt price has fallen dramatically to 50.00 NT will not "execute" my SL correctly @52.00 but execute it at the current 50.00. Even worse perhaps is if price dips well below the SL, turns around, and rockets giving me a false positive. In a real environement my stop would sit at the exhange and get triggered when price hits 52.00

Is there any way to ensure SIM stops/targets get executed at the correct levels even if ive been disconnected while they were reached/traded?

SIM becomes quite useless for the non intraday trader otherwise?

Thanks,
Daniel

[NinjaTrader_EricB]

Hello danielk2,

Thank you for your post,

Unfortunately, no, because Sim order exist locally on your PC, NinjaTrader must be open and receiving data for them to function as expected.

Live orders exist outside of your PC depending on the order state, so they will function normally even when NinjaTrader is closed.

Please see the below link of our help guide for more on order states.
http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...efinitions.htm

Also, please see the below forum post for more on Where Your Orders Reside.
http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...ead.php?t=5349

Note: setting of NinjaTrader that modify live orders such as Trailing Stops or Breakeven strategies do need NinjaTrader open and connected to function.

We look forward to assisting further.