Trail stop not being placed

[gg80108]

Enclosed is a picture of the OutPut window (traceOrders) and the Orders tab in Control Center.. S1 is ok (I have my setstoploss in the initialize section) but Short-2 ,, the output window seems to say there is a trailstop for "Short-2" but the order never shows up in the Control Center

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Please check the Control Center log for any messages relating to that trail stop.

[gg80108]

Please check the Control Center log for any messages relating to that trail stop.

Dont see the trail stop mentioned

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

If you submit a stop loss and a trail stop it won't work. Are you doing this sequence of events?

[gg80108]

If you submit a stop loss and a trail stop it won't work. Are you doing this sequence of events?

Here is the code The first postions have a SetStopLoss and they are referenced.. The second position is the trailing stop,, I can use these both if they reference different positions, cant I?

// profit target first position
SetProfitTarget("S1", CalculationMode.Ticks, ProfitTarget1);
SetProfitTarget("L1", CalculationMode.Ticks, ProfitTarget1);
//fixed stop first position
SetStopLoss("L1", CalculationMode.Ticks, maxRisk, false);
SetStopLoss("S1", CalculationMode.Ticks, maxRisk, false);

/// trailing stop second position
SetTrailStop("Short-2", CalculationMode.Price, High[2], false);
SetTrailStop("L2", CalculationMode.Price, Low[2], false);

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Different positions should work. Can you please try setting your strategy's order handling to PerEntryExecution. See if that helps.

[gg80108]

Different positions should work. Can you please try setting your strategy's order handling to PerEntryExecution. See if that helps.

Guess I dont know how to use PerEntryExecution.

Do you mean EntryHandling.UniqueEntries ?

UniqueEntries did not help, still no trailing stop..

My code was using CalculationMode.ticks,, and ticks worked fine. Just swapping to price broke it.

SetTrailStop("Short-2", CalculationMode.Ticks, trailStop, false);
//SetTrailStop("Short-2", CalculationMode.Price, High[2], false);

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

I was referring to Stop & Target Handling. Try switching that to PerEntryExecution.

If ticks mode was working there is no need to change it to price.

[gg80108]

I was referring to Stop & Target Handling. Try switching that to PerEntryExecution.

If ticks mode was working there is no need to change it to price.

Well Josh is that the holy grail to use tick mode instead of price, txs for the trading tips?? lol
, I want my stop to move as an amount gauged by the 3rd bar back, which I trade manually,, should be no problem for a computer, right?
... Found the PerEntryExecution,, was already checked

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

gg80108,

I am not sure what you mean. You want to use whichever mode submits the correct price for your order. CalculationMode.Price does not work for Trailing stops.

[gg80108]

gg80108,

I am not sure what you mean. You want to use whichever mode submits the correct price for your order. CalculationMode.Price does not work for Trailing stops.

Here is what the reference says for settrailstop. Guess this needs to be corrected????
mode
CalculationMode.Percent (0.01 = 1%)
CalculationMode.Price
CalculationMode.Ticks
value
The trail stop value

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

That is correct.