Atm strategy/ stop priority

[nico_p]

Hi,

Lets say i have a ATM strategy defined with 1 stop/ 1 target,
attached there is a stop strategy ( see screenshot, per example)
Now, this ATM is triggered by a Strategy, within this strategy I have a few conditions that call the "AtmStrategyChangeStopTarget" syntax so Stops are modified

Can you please tell me how NT handles the Stop orders, does one Stop strategy have priority over the other ?
If both strategies work independent of each other,
can show me how to make sure a stop loss order will never be increased ( in case the AtmStrategyChangeStopTarget price would be worse then the existing stoploss)

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

Both would work in parallel thus if you want to control the price via your NinjaScript strategy, do not attach a stop strategy to the ATM strategy.

[nico_p]

Ray,

Thanks for the quick reply, as always

I can see not attaching the stoploss order to the ATM Strategy would make thing easier,
but 1 of the main reasons I choose to use the ATM option to submit stop/target orders is that my strategy would stay alive after a connection loss, so not attaching the stop/target orders to the ATM strategy is not an option for me therefore i need a logic in my strategy that prevents the stoploss to be modified worse then the existing one
Is there a way to accomplish this ?

Nico

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

An ATM strategy will always require a stop loss...That is different than a stop strategy which is basically a trailing stop/auto breakeven.

[nico_p]

yes I know, sorry, my typo, I put it wrong in my previous post
Should have said stop strategy instead of ......"not attaching the stoploss order "

anyway, I need this Strategy attached, as I want the strategy to pick up and adjust orders after a connection loss

Nico

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

I think you can try using GetAtmStrategyStopTargetOrderStatus(). The array it returns may have the average fill price be your stop price when it is in a working state. I have not confirmed this, but I think it is worth a shot.