How to place a simple trade on NT8?

[MatDerKater]

I am not a complete n00b to trading platforms......I have placed trades on many different platforms....

...I am a simple kind of guy..all I want is to place an entry, Stop, and TP order. I want to see this order marked on the chart, and I want to be able to adjust it, on the chart....

When my order is hit....I expect both the limit order and the stop to remain active and respond only to the entry that they were made with, and cancel each other out when one or the other is hit.

Is this too much to ask? This is the absolute standard Basic Order Entry method on practically every platform I have ever used.....

.....I would also like to see a 'positions' tab, where I can see all relevant data to trade..PnL levels, Risk Level, Profit Levels, and adjust/edit within the tab......again...standard on every trading platform I have ever used.....

......why can't I do this on NT8?

Why is the most simple of market interactions on NT8, made so damn awkward and obscure?

Thinking about going for Prop Trade Account again and NT8 seems to be the platform they all want traders to use, but I have enough of a battle on my hands trying to time the markets well, without having to fight with the platform just to get it to place a simple trade, with simple Stop and TP levels, that I can rely on when I am away from screen.

[NinjaTrader_Melissa]

Hello,

Thank you for the post.

This is certainly possible in NinjaTrader using ATM Strategies.

To use them you will configure your strategy to determine where the Stop Loss and Profit Target go, ensure your strategy is active, then place your entry order. As soon as the entry order is filled the Stop Loss and Profit Target are submitted, and you may manually move them by left-clicking once, moving to the desired position, then left clicking again.

I have included a link to our Help Guide article about ATM Strategies:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/?advanced_trade_management_atm.htm

I am also including a link to our publicly available YouTube Channel, specifically a playlist for users getting started using ATM Strategies:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3-s3qsUnfLR-WCxS_rkiHytJnrqNtH2f

Please let us know if you have any further questions.

[MatDerKater]

The video just so happens to use ATM, then place a Market Order......that seems to work....

Try to use ATM with a Limit Order...Nope....u just get a Limit Order.....then u have to manually set OCO Stop and TP levels.....with the TP level, the level where the trader plans on leaving the trade actually running the danger of becoming the Entry Order, if price gets down to target prior to hitting the Limit Entry.


Clunky........I shouldn't have to read 20 pages of user manual to figure this out. What I am trying to do is basic. This should be obvious.


Whoever designed this, do they even trade?

I am of course in demo mode....no way could I touch this platform with real capital on the line.