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**NinjaTrader_RyanM1** · 02-01-2012, 02:12 PM

Hello texasnomad,

Generally we would not be able to fully debug your strategy. One missing piece here that would help you out is TraceOrders output.

Yes, from your output you would expect that the strategy enters the code block for these commands:

Code:

WriteToLog("Sending a buy order");
myEntry = EnterLongLimit(0,true,Units,GetCurrentBid(),"Hil");

TraceOrders will tell you what happens next with your order, if it's submitted or ignored for any reason.

You should expect the same mechanical operation in your strategy with live or sim account. If all other factors are equal and the strategy submits sim, it should submit live as well. There are additional considerations of course once the order gets to your broker. If there are any MBT messages you aren't sure about, we're happy to review your trace /log files to look into these. You can send using Help > Mail to support feature and include a link to this thread.

If the order never gets to MBT, then TraceOrders should provide you additional information on how the strategy responds to the order commands.

**texasnomad** · 02-02-2012, 10:08 AM

Thanks for the tip. I think that this is going to be useful.

One issue that popped up was an overfill warning. I checked out the trace log. It says "2/2/2012 9:44:24 AM Entered internal PlaceOrder() method at 2/2/2012 9:44:24 AM: BarsInProgress=0 Action=SellShort OrderType=Limit Quantity=1,000 LimitPrice=76.12'7 StopPrice=0 SignalName='Hil' FromEntrySignal=''
2/2/2012 9:44:24 AM Ignored PlaceOrder() method at 2/2/2012 9:44:24 AM: Action=SellShort OrderType=Limit Quantity=1,000 LimitPrice=76.12'7 StopPrice=0 SignalName='Hil' FromEntrySignal='' Reason='Exceeded entry signals limit based on EntryHandling and EntriesPerDirection properties'

What does this have to do with an overfill? I'm not trading multiple orders in the same direction. I buy once, then I'll go short. 100% of my trades are long-short-long-short and don't flip sequence.

**NinjaTrader_RyanM1** · 02-02-2012, 10:58 AM

The messages you posted are not the overfill ones. Overfill would shutdown the strategy, cancel all orders, and close your position.

The overfill can happen anytime an order is marked for cancellation but is filled before it can be cancelled.

The cancellation can be from autoexpiration on the orders. If the order is not filled on the bar it's submitted to, then it will be cancelled. You also send CancelOrder() manually so overfill could come as a result of this as well.

2/2/2012 9:44:24 AM Ignored PlaceOrder() method at 2/2/2012 9:44:24 AM: Action=SellShort OrderType=Limit Quantity=1,000 LimitPrice=76.12'7 StopPrice=0 SignalName='Hil' FromEntrySignal='' Reason='Exceeded entry signals limit based on EntryHandling and EntriesPerDirection properties'

This message is returned because there is already an entry order in the same direction, and submitting more would violate those two properties mentioned. EntryHandling and EntriesPerDirection.

It may help to simplify and focus on only one aspect at a time until the strategy works as you expect. The best design would be if you can have all conditions for entry joined by && in one section. Using bool flags would only be recommended if you wanted to create some sequencing to your conditions.

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