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    NT8 New Order Attaches to Existing Order

    Hello,

    When I enter trades I oftentimes start off with 2 contracts, while using an ATM Strategy that triggers a 2 contract stop-loss order and a 2 contract profit target.

    I want to "let my winners run" with those 2 contracts.

    Then later I enter 4 more contracts (with an ATM Strategy that triggers a 4 contract stop-loss order and a 4 contract profit target), and I plan to scalp and quickly exit those 4 contracts.

    But when I enter 4 more contracts, NT8 attaches the profit target from that entry to my existing 2 contract profit target, which prevents me from letting my winners run on my initial 2 contract entry. And that ruins my risk/reward ratio, as now I am only scalping with all 6 contracts.

    Is there a way to separate 2 contracts from a 6 contract profit target? If so, how is that done?

    If not, is there anything I can I do to prevent NT8 from attaching one ATM Strategy profit target to a second ATM Strategy profit target when two ATM Strategies are executed, one later following the other?

    #2
    Hello i2w8am9ii2,

    Instead of scaling into an existing active Atm strategy, select an inactive strategy when placing a new entry order to start new Atm behavior with the new order.

    Active Atm strategies are marked with a lightning bolt.


    Below is a link to a short video on selecting Atm instances.
    Last edited by NinjaTrader_ChelseaB; 03-12-2017, 05:31 PM.
    Chelsea B.NinjaTrader Customer Service

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      #3
      Hi Chelsea,

      Not quite sure I understand that, it might take a couple times through it for me to get it.

      But it also seems like it might require more steps then another solution I found online, and in the fast moving intraday markets, I cannot afford extra steps...

      Right-clicking and choosing "Add Profit Target" does the trick for me.

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