Stop loss at candlestick low and high.

corman

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Stop loss at candlestick low and high.

10-28-2021, 02:02 PM

Stop loss at candlestick low and high.

Hi, I would like to know if with the strategy builder it is possible to set a stop loss at the minimum of the candle when entering longs and at the maximum when entering shorts.

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NinjaTrader_ChelseaB

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10-28-2021, 02:07 PM

Hello corman,

It would be possible to use an Exit long stop market order and set the stop price to the Price -> Low as long as the Low is lower than Price -> Get current bid. For Exit short stop market the stop price must be above the ask.

Below is a link to an example that uses an indicator price, you could use a bar price instead.

STOP Loss and Profit target based on ATR - NinjaTrader Support Forum

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/strategy-development/1142876-stop-loss-and-profit-target-based-on-atr#post1142942

Hello support team, I have 2 dataseries, a 1minute to detect the ATR value. Now I would like to set the stoploss and profit target based on the actual ATR Value Example: Stoploss 2xATR Profittarget 3xATR value 1. How can this be done with builder, I have no coding experience 2. Later I would like to have the possibility to

Chelsea B.NinjaTrader Customer Service
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