Says I Have Open Order But I Don't See One

[Adamcoin33]

Hi, so its 6:23 pm est and I just logged in. I noticed that control center was saying that PnL was negative almost 1200 which was REALLY weird. Says that my position is with NG. So I pulled up NG. Did not show any open positions. In the chart trader to the right, it shows $0.00. But my control center was still showing that money was being lost. I hit close on the chart. Nothing happened. Control center kept ticking away. I right clicked the NG position in the Orders tab and closed it. But I scrolled all the way back on my chart and saw no open positions. What happened? It's possible I accidentally entered on Friday. But why wouldn't it let me close from my chart and why didn't it show up on my chart. Super bummed out about it. It's just a sim account, but still. lol

This is my simulation account. When I tried to disconnect it said I had two open positions. One being NG

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Hello Adamcoin33,

The screenshots show the position was in the NG SEP23, while the chart has the NG OCT23 selected. That is why the position was not shown in the chart and you could not close it from the chart.

You can find instructions to change the balance of the demo account tied to the 'Simulation' connection at the link below.

https://support.ninjatrader.com/s/article/How-Can-I-Change-Balance-in-My-Demo-Account?language=en_US

[Adamcoin33]

Ok that makes sense. I guess there is no way to start from scratch with the simulation account right?

2 more questions. Say I enter a short position with a (Sell Stop Limit order). My stop loss is set with a (Buy Stop Market Order). If that Stop Market Hits, I'm out of the trade right? But (Buy Limit Order) profit target will get taken off of the screen?

Also what if I don't get my entry. Instead, The price turns around and hits me stop loss (Buy Stop Limit Order). Is that going to enter me into a trade?

[Adamcoin33]

The reason I ask is because I had a stop loss taken out (buy stop market) overnight and I'm still in the trade. It didn't take me out. I feel like this may have been on happened on NG

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

You could trade the Sim101 account instead. It is the internal simulation account of the NinjaTrader Desktop platform. You can enable it as follows.

• Go to Control Center-->Tools-->Options-->General
• Enable 'Multi-provider' and click OK
• Restart NinjaTrader Desktop

The Sim101 account can be reset with the steps below.

• Right click the Sim101 account at Control Center-->Accounts-tab
• Select 'Edit Account'
• Configure the account as you like
• Click reset in the lower right corner

Yes, the stop loss would close your position. The profit target would be cancelled if submitted as OCO order together with the stop loss order. If the stop loss and profit target are not submitted as OCO orders (one cancels other), it would not cancel the profit target order.

I recommend to submit the stop loss and profit target orders using an ATM strategy. That way the stop loss and profit target orders are automatically submitted as OCO orders. Please see the link below for information on ATM strategies.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/NT%20HelpGuide%20English.html?advanced_trade_management_atm.htm

Yes, it would put you in a long position. If you like to submit the orders manually, I suggest to submit only the entry order. Once the entry order fills, then submit the stop loss and profit target orders as OCO orders as per the instructions below.

• Right click in the order entry window (SuperDOM, ChartTrader, etc) and enable 'OCO Order'
• Submit a stop market/stop limit order as stop loss
• Submit a limit order as profit target

Once you submitted the 2 orders, please right click in the order entry window and disable 'OCO Order'. This step is important. If you leave 'OCO Order' enabled, it can cause order rejections.

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Could it be the order was submitted with TIF set to DAY? If TIF is set to DAY, it will cancel the order at the end of the trading session. Please see the link below for information on the TIF setting.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/NT%20HelpGuide%20English.html?tif_selector.htm

[Adamcoin33]

Thanks Jason. So set or to OCO, OR wait for my entry to set the stop loss. Sounds about right? Also, that link you gave me, this is what I get when I open it. I have it set to English

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Please see the link below and click 'Desktop Help Guides'.

https://support.ninjatrader.com/s/?language=en_US

On the left, please click Operations-->Advanced Trade Management (ATM) to find information on ATM strategies.

Click Operations-->Order Entry-->Trade Controls-->TIF Selector for information on the TIF setting.



Please only enable 'OCO Order' when you submit the stop loss and profit target, not when you submit the entry order. Disable it after you submitted the stop loss and profit target orders.

[Adamcoin33]

Ok got it!!! When setting OCO manually. Do I HAVE to set up the stop loss before the take profit target? Or can I set the take profit before the stop loss? Thanks!

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

You can submit the OCO orders either way. You don't have to submit the stop loss order first. You can submit the profit target order first and the stop loss order second.

[Adamcoin33]

Okay thank you for your help. I appreciate it. I have one more question for you. Normally I have two charts open. One on the left one on the right. Typically I have a slower tick chart on the left and a faster tick chart on the right.

For this example though I have a 30 minute time frame on the left and a 300 tick chart on the right. I always have the drawings on the left chart synced to the right. But a lot of times my channels show up funny on the chart to the right. In this example I have a 30 minute time frame, synced to my tick chart on the right. But it even does this when I'm using two tick charts. Any idea why or how I could fix this? Thank you

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Unfortunately it is as expected that drawing objects can be distorted when applied in charts with different intervals. Drawing objects are drawn as per its anchor points. If you double click the drawing object to open its properties menu, you will see its anchor points under 'Data'. The anchor points are the same in both charts, but the scaling of the charts are different. This causes the drawing object to appear not identical.

[Adamcoin33]

Is there anything I can do about it? What would be the point of syncing objects if they're not going to be identical?

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Unfortunately not, this is how drawing objects work in NinjaTrader Desktop when attached to all charts of the same instrument. The drawing object is plotted as per the same anchor points in both charts. Because the charts have different scaling, the drawing object is plotted this way.

[Adamcoin33]

Ok I got you. Thanks for the help Jason. Ive been using OCO like you said. Seems to work well. However I just had a short position set up. Entry, exit, stop loss using OCO. It hit my stop loss target first and entered me into the trade