Start NinjaTrade at Windows Startup/Target & Strop Orders not server side

[Fluid]

Are you able to have NinjaStart up automatically when Windows loads?

Reason why- I am using a prop acct and would have made a decent profit overnight but my computer forced an update restart and when it restarted, all other windows/apps were up but not NinjaTrader, it looks like the strategy target and stop orders are not sent server side. So when it filled it entered as a naked order with no stops and targets entered. So an otherwise profitable trade turned into a deep red trade.

The entry order shows as (external) as well as the forced max drawdown exit shows as "external" but should the stop and target orders had also been server side, the trade would have been nicely profitable.

So if an automatic startup at login/windows loading isn't possible, how does someone avoid having what happened to me above from happening again in the future?

**JPG of chart with enty and exit marked attached

[NinjaTrader_Zachary]

Hello Fluid,

Thank you for your inquiry.

Running programs on startup of Windows would be more of Windows support item, but I was able to find some information online that seems to be the correct process. You may be able to achieve this by using the steps at the publicly available guide below;

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-an-app-to-run-automatically-at-startup-in-windows-10-150da165-dcd9-7230-517b-cf3c295d89dd

With that being said, this may or may not have helped in this scenario. Unfortunately, if your entry order fills while NinjaTrader is not open and connected, your ATM Strategy will not deploy. The logic that actually submits the orders lives within NinjaTrader and requires a connection. Many providers do have server side OCO once the exit orders are in a 'working' or 'accepted' state, but if the entry order filled while NinjaTrader was closed or disconnected, the exit orders would not have been submitted in the first place. You may view additional information about where orders reside at the link below;

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/where_do_your_orders_reside_.htm