Stop Loss Rule not being followed

[CactusMan]

As the title states, I have a strategy that is having some issues with following defined stop losses. For about 80% of the trades, the stop loss is respected ($500 loss). But for a small percentage, some of the losses realized are $2-3k, despite having a stop loss rule in effect, and a trailing stop.

I have stops set in both Conditions and Actions, as well as stops and targets. Here is an album of screenshots of the conditions: https://imgur.com/a/MIjyiHh

And here are some of the losses: https://imgur.com/a/9be3UNZ

When I look at the chart for each trade in those big losers, the strategy stays in the trade WAY past a stop. The position will have lost $2,000 before it exits, despite there being 200 other trades that stop out appropriately (here is the biggest loser: https://imgur.com/a/771rxIo). Clearly it should have stopped, but it didn't.

Any ideas of how to clean up a stop so that no matter what, if a position is less than $x in the red, it exits?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello CactusMan,

Welcome to the NinjaTrader forums!

First, I notice you are trying to use both parabolic stop and a regular stop at the same time and you are not using signal names or from entry signals.

From the help guide:
"The SetParabolicStop() method can NOT be used concurrently with the SetStopLoss() or SetTrailStop() method for the same position, if any of methods are called for the same position (fromEntrySignal) the SetStopLoss() will always take precedence. You can however, use all three methods in the same strategy if they reference different signal names."

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/setparabolicstop.htm

Next, enable TraceOrders to see when orders are being submitted and the price they are submitted at. Use a print to print the time of the bar and the position averageprice.
Below is a link to a forum post that demonstrates using prints to understand behavior and discusses enabling TraceOrders.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-7/strategy-development-aa/99209-date-conditions-not-working?p=791121#post791121

Which stop or exit was submitted?
What was the stop price of the stop order?
What was the position average price?