"Liquidation only, contract is about to expire"

[samish18]

Trading GC and got the following message: "Liquidation only, contract is about to expire". I specifically input GC FEB25, why is this happening?

[NinjaTrader_LuisH]

Hello samish18,


Thank you for posting on the NinjaTrader forums.


If you are trading a NinjaTrader brokerage account you will see this error message because you are trying to submit an order that is too close to its expiration date. In this case you will want to start looking at GC APR25.



Thank you in advance! I hope this helps.

[samish18]

GC FEB25 doesn't expire until february