Putting a Trailing stop into place

[milemke08]

I've completed coding most of my strategy but I am having trouble putting a stop into place. With the basic strategy I am using right now I run a series of checks on the return values of indicators for Close[0] to Close[2]. I only want to be in one position at a time and would like to set a general trailing stop for every position that I enter to the tune of 1-2%.

I've already tried putting SetTrailStop(CalculationMode.Percent, 2.0); in my initialize method but it doesn't seem to behave like it should. Any tips here would be most welcome

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello milemke08,

You may want to enable TraceOrders inside your strategy so that you can trace your orders inside the Output Window. See the following thread that goes over TraceOrders.
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...ead.php?t=3627

Using a Stop Loss based upon 1-2% may give you a number to small to be able to use. You may try to use "Ticks".
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...ttrailstop.htm

If you are still having issues, could you clarify what results you are getting and what results that you are expecting?

Let us know if we can be of further assistance.

[milemke08]

I tried what you suggested but it isn't getting me to where I need to be :/ I only want a basic trailing stop to kick in when once the price drops 1-2%

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello milemke08,
To place a 2% stop please try the below code.

SetTrailStop(CalculationMode.Percent, [B]0.02[/B]);