Rollover when strategy is enabled on a chart

[uday12]

Hi

i had a strategy which was running enabled on a chart (NT’s simulated account, not real broker) but with no live positions.

When I did the rollover (clicked the rollover button in NT’s database management ), I noticed that the chart reloaded with the new ticker ; and the strategy on the old ticker also disappeared from the strategy tab as well.

in the help guide, it is written : “Note: NinjaScript strategies are not rolled forward and must be manually rolled over.” - as per this, my strategy on the chart shouldn’t have rolled over, so I’m confused.

Question: if the chart strategy had a live position (with the brokerage account), what would happen to the position on the old ticker ?

Do I have to manually exit the old ticker position with the broker when I rollover the instrument in NT’s rollover tool?

Or, are we supposed to stop / close the strategy before doing the rollover in NT’’s rollover tool?

Also, is the behavior any different if I’’m running the strategy using the strategy tab versus via the chart?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello uday12,

Thanks for your post.

From the help guide section on rollover is this note which addresses your questions: "Note: NinjaScript strategies are not rolled forward and must be manually rolled over."
Reference: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...es_contrac.htm

So yes, you would want to close the positions in the current contract before roll over.

The behavior would be the same regardless of where the strategy was run.

[uday12]

Hi Paul,

thanks for the reply!

I just want to re-confirm the behavior in light of this line:

“Note: NinjaScript strategies are not rolled forward and must be manually rolled over.”

what do you really mean is: during the rollover in NT’s system, an already enabled strategy will be automatically enabled on the new ticker, but I have to ONLY manually roll over the positions in the old ticker with my broker?

Is this correct?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello uday12,

Thanks for your reply.

Correct, any existing position must be closed before rolling over the contract.