change of signal name triggers new order

[junkone]

entryOrder = EnterLong(0, positionSize * 2, "signal1");

entryOrder = EnterLong(0, positionSize * 2, "signal2");


i have noticed that if i change the signal name, it creates a second order. how can i prevent the order duplicatioen and still be able to change signal names.

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,

Check your market position first. This link will help:

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/helpguide.html

[junkone]

ok. you are not answering the core question. let me restate the quetion in a different way.
i run this on barupdate to keep a trailing stop. i dont use the builtin trailing stop method because i have multiple exit conditions n my code.

exitOrder = ExitLongStop(0, true, trailstopVolume, currentStop, "TRAIL_STOP", entryOrder.FromEntrySignal);

based on certain conditions, i may decide to exit out immediately. i have to change the signalname so i know which condition caused the exit.


exitOrder = ExitLong(0, true, trailstopVolume,"immediate_exit", entryOrder.FromEntrySignal);

this would result in a duplicate order that i cannot manage. how do i avoid the duplicate order resulting out of a signal name.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

You cannot change signal names. Changing signal names means a new order. You will need to first cancel your original and then submit your new.

[junkone]

and obviously i cannot cancel because cancellation will result in new orders not getting accepted.
what a nightmare.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Not following your reasoning why cancelling an order will cause new orders to not be accepted.

[junkone]

based on your earlier response to this thread,

http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16974

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

That should not hold true from going from a stop order to a market order.

[junkone]

pl clarify with more detail. what can be cancelled and what cannot be

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Everything can be cancelled. Submitting market orders (as you have eluded to wanting in this thread) afterwards should work. Submitting the same exact order as you had before with just a changed name may not.