Market Order not filling

[saltminer]

Hi,
I think I recall posting about this sometime ago but I can't find the thread now.

I have a strategy that sends a market order to enter but it never fills.
The strategy trades fine for a while (these are historical bars I'm talking about). Yet in this example a target fills during a bar that (at its Close time) creates a signal to Enter Long.
This is done correctly (from within OnBarUpdate) and monitoring OnOrderUpdate() shows that the order reaches OrderState.Working.

Then nothing happens. No fill. How can a market order never fill?

This is not a complicated strategy. Just chart bars (1 minute).
See below. (I've cut off the remainder of the log but take my word on it that nothing ever happens again in OnOrderUpdate, OnExecution or OnPositionUpdate. The market order permanently is working, unfilled.
Version 8.0.20.1

saltminer.

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello saltminer,

Thank you for your post.

Was this on real time data or in Replay or the Strategy Analyzer?

I would like to take a look at both your log and trace files and your strategy code if you are comfortable with that. I'll have you send them in to us directly and not through the forum, since the log and trace files can contain personal information.

You can export your strategy by going to Tools > Export > NinjaScript Add On. Please do not check the box to export as a compiled assembly or I will not be able to review your code. Once you've gotten it exported, you can then go to the Control Center-> Help-> Email Support.

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Please reference the following ticket number in the body of the email: ##REQUESTID## ATTN ##ASSIGNED_FIRST##

Thanks in advance; I look forward to assisting you further.

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello saltminer,

Thank you for your reply via email.

I've been testing with your strategy and it looks like most likely it is happening because you're not setting the values for LE, SE, LT, ST, LS, SS, and ExitOrder back to null when the order is cancelled or completed. So what happens when you try to transition to State.RealTime is that you're trying to transition orders that are no longer active and you get this strange stopping behavior. You would want to make sure you're setting those order references to null when the order is in a terminal state, otherwise you'll run into this issue.

There's an example on this page of our help guide that shows resetting an order variable to null when the order is filled:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/index.html?advanced_order_handling.htm#TheOrderClass

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.