Strange StopLoss

[LaughingDwarf]

Hello,

I a strategy, defined a stoploss of 2% for short position in Initialize method

SetStopLoss("Short",CalculationMode.Percent, 0.02, false);

This is working well except for one trade where stoploss is reached but the lost goes to 7% ...

I attached screenshot of that trade

Is someone could explain me why position was not cut around 2 % ?

Thanks in advance

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi LaughingDwarf,

It's not clear from the screenshot what should be happening. Your description says you are specifying a short position but the trade looks long.

For debugging your strategy, use plenty of Print() statements and TraceOrders output to track strategy order submission. Please see here for help using these debugging tools:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3418

There is a dedicated sample to exposing order details submitted with Set statements. You can see this sample here:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=5790

[LaughingDwarf]

Hi Ryan,
Thank you for pointing me that this is a long position and not a short one. And since i put in place a stop at 8% in case of long trade, then it means that stoploss are working perfectly.
Sorry not to have pay enough attention prior to posting this message.

Thank you!

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Glad to hear it's working the way you expect. Thanks for the follow- up here, LaughingDwarf.