Adopt Account Position and Trail Stop

[traderjho]

Hello,

Quick question... I'm working on an Adopt Position strategy.

Basically, whatever the long position is that I have... when I enable the strategy, I just have it looking for an exit point.

When that exit point triggers, I start a SetTrailStop(CalculationMode.Percent, .01);

When I run the strategy, it gets the position and average position price just fine, that works great. It calculates the profit target properly so the only thing left is the SetTrailStop as above. When that SetTrailStop triggers, a real order isn't placed, I'm getting this message:

Entered internal SetStopTarget() method: Type=TrailStop FromEntrySignal='' Mode=Percent Value=0.01 IsSimulatedStop=False IsMarketIfTouched=False

But, no order shows up on the chart, and no order is sent to the broker (Interactive Brokers).

Is there a way to trigger a trailstop on an order that has been placed prior to the strategy being enabled?

Thank you
Jeff

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello Jeff, thanks for your post.

I tested a strategy and got the same behavior. It should be possible to initiate a trailing stop from an adopted position so I will submit a report to fix the issue.

Kind regards.

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello Jeff, I spoke too soon. I tested again, waited for the next bar to close and the trailing stop is working.

I tested a simple strategy that only submits the trailing stop on the first real time bar and the trailing stop is submitted. Can you test this strategy that I have posted and confirm it works for you? To test: Open a 10 second chart>Ppen a long position on the sim101 account>Add "teststrategy">Set Adopt Account Position> Enable> wait for the next real time bar, the trailing stop will update on each bar close. Note* the trailing stop will update based on the Calculate property, so if the script is Calculate.OnBarClose the trail stop will update once on every bar close.

Best regards,
-ChrisL