Active strategies are white?

[timmbbo]

When I enable a strategy, sometimes it turns green, and other times remains white? What is the difference between the two colors? Thanks,

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello timmbbo,

Thanks for your post.

What version of NinjaTrader are you using? Please provide the entire version number. This can be found under Help -> About (Example: 8.0.?.?)

When a strategy is green on the Strategies tab of the Control Center this means that the strategy is enabled and ready to place a trade.

When a strategy is white on the Strategies tab of the Control Center this means that the strategy is not enabled or the strategy is enabled and calculating historical data. Once the strategy is done processing historical data and calculating values, the strategy will change from white to either green or yellow.

When a strategy is yellow (orange on some monitors) this means that the strategy entered a historical (theoretical) position in the historical data that has been loaded. It also means that you have "Wait until flat" selected for the 'Start behavior' option in the strategy parameters. This means that once the strategy has finished processing the historical data and has transitioned to real-time, it will wait until there is a real-time order submission that will cause the strategy to become flat. This also includes changing from a long position to a short position or vice versa as the position would pass through flat.

[timmbbo]

Brandon, I'm using version 8.0.26.1 64-bit

I turned on these strategies last night. They've had at least 12 hours to process, so it seems odd that they're still white?

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello timmbbo,

Thanks for your notes.

I see that you are using an old version of NinjaTrader. The current version is 8.0.28.0 or 8.1.1.7.

Please update NinjaTrader to the latest version (8.0.28.0) by following the steps below and then retest to see if the behavior persists.

To update NinjaTrader

• Shutdown all programs including NinjaTrader *important
• Download NinjaTrader from the link below
  • Click here to download NinjaTrader
• Double click the downloaded file to execute it
• Follow the on screen instructions
• Restart NinjaTrader

You can read about changes to this release in the release notes linked below.
https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ease_notes.htm

[timmbbo]

Brandon, upgrading to the latest version fixed it. Thanks