SubmitOrderUnmanaged alternative for un-managed trades

[set2win]

Having a problem with closing a trade using the SubmitOrderUnmanaged(1,OrderAction.Sell,OrderType. Market,Position.Quantity,0,0,"","ClosePosition");
I have a strategy button to close the trade that submits this order. So the problem is really 2 fold. The button is cycling, because I added a print statement "Button Pressed" and it could print multiple times from one button press, which in turn seems to be activating repeated submits , It has been happening particularly with Rithmic account not the Sim but the actually trading account. Rithmic is sending repeated orders which ends with me being in another trade that was not requested. It has created quite a difficulty in trying to use this technique so I end up using the Close button on Chart trader which of course ends the trade but also ends the strategy. My questions are: Is there an alternative to closing out the position without ending the strategy? and Second question: is related to the button press, How to prevent the cycling? To the button press i do have a boolean that is checked prior to running code that gets set once it is pressed: button=false, but it still cycles. If you need code to see more I can try to show some of it.

[bltdavid]

Having a problem with closing a trade using the SubmitOrderUnmanaged(1,OrderAction.Sell,OrderType. Market,Position.Quantity,0,0,"","ClosePosition");
I have a strategy button to close the trade that submits this order. So the problem is really 2 fold. The button is cycling, because I added a print statement "Button Pressed" and it could print multiple times from one button press, which in turn seems to be activating repeated submits , It has been happening particularly with Rithmic account not the Sim but the actually trading account. Rithmic is sending repeated orders which ends with me being in another trade that was not requested. It has created quite a difficulty in trying to use this technique so I end up using the Close button on Chart trader which of course ends the trade but also ends the strategy. My questions are: Is there an alternative to closing out the position without ending the strategy? and Second question: is related to the button press, How to prevent the cycling? To the button press i do have a boolean that is checked prior to running code that gets set once it is pressed: button=false, but it still cycles. If you need code to see more I can try to show some of it.

Hmm, sounds like a valid technique.

The code you're using to guard against the 'cycling' probably needs
some tweaking.

I mean, if your logic was correct, it would not still be 'cycling', right?

Once it is set, when & where does your boolean flag get reset?

Yes, please post your code.

[bltdavid]

Hint:

The event handler for your close strategy position button
probably has code like this,

if (!myCloseButtonPressed)
{
    if (Position.MarketPosition != MarketPosition.Flat)
    {
        ... submit exit order ....
        myCloseButtonPressed = true;
    }
}

You should be resetting myCloseButtonPressed back to false
only after the position is flat, which can be detected from two
places, OnPositionUpdate and OnOrderUpdate.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello set2win,

I have an example of submitting orders from button clicks you may find helpful.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/indicator-development/1126570-changing-variables-within-an-indicator-from-another-indicator-with-buttons?p=1126818#post1126818