Sudden Exits without clues in TraceLog

[molecool]

Please see the following entry on my 360-min chart:



Here's only the tracelog:

5/19/2013 6:08:28 PM Entered internal PlaceOrder() method at 5/19/2013 6:08:28 PM: BarsInProgress=1 Action=SellShort OrderType=Market Quantity=1 LimitPrice=0 StopPrice=0 SignalName='Short Position' FromEntrySignal=''
5/19/2013 6:00:00 PM Entered internal PlaceOrder() method at 5/19/2013 6:00:00 PM: BarsInProgress=0 Action=BuyToCover OrderType=Stop Quantity=1 LimitPrice=0 StopPrice=1.2848'2 SignalName='Stop loss' FromEntrySignal='Short Position'
5/19/2013 11:59:53 PM Cancelled pending exit order, since associated position is closed: Order='NT-00001/Sim101' Name='Stop loss' State=Working Instrument='$EURUSD' Action=BuyToCover Limit price=0 Stop price=1.28482 Quantity=1 Strategy='CrazyIvanPlus' Type=Stop Tif=Gtc Oco='' Filled=0 Fill price=0 Token='3c25a1a7f798476aac70387f319cba82' Gtd='12/1/2099 12:00:00 AM'

This is extremely weird. I'm pretty certain that my strategy does not actively close this trade. I also looked at the session settings and its 24x7. Very strange - I can't figure out why it's closing this trade. What gets me is that there is nothing about the closed trade in the tracelog. It just suddenly clears the stop that was set as the associated position has been closed. By the way this is with the demo account - not live trading.

FYI - this apparently only seems to be happening with periods above 180 minutes. I see it on 240 min and 360 min charts.

Really need some help with this

Thanks in advance.

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

Hello,

Thank you for providing the chart.

It looks like this trade was exited due to an exit on close.

In the event your trade exits with exit on close it will not show up in the TraceOrders but will show up in the log of your control center.

You can disable exit on close when running the strategy by setting it to false. You can also hardcode the default: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...xitonclose.htm

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[molecool]

Thank you!!!

Hello,

Thank you for providing the chart.

It looks like this trade was exited due to an exit on close.

In the event your trade exits with exit on close it will not show up in the TraceOrders but will show up in the log of your control center.

You can disable exit on close when running the strategy by setting it to false. You can also hardcode the default: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...xitonclose.htm

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

That indeed was the problem. Funny after four years coding with NT I didn't think of that - LOL - silly me :-)

Muchisimas gracias :-)

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

Happy to help