Order can't be placed

[soyjesus]

Hello,

With my strategy I frequently get these types of messages: "Sell stop or sell stop limit orders can't be placed above the market" (and the same to the long side).

I have included GetCurrentAsk() and GetCurrentBid() but the errors continue to appear. Is there another way to avoid these issues?

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello soyjesus,

Thanks for your post.

This error message means that the strategy attempted to place an order to the wrong side of the market. If this is due to market volatility then there isn't really a way to 100% avoid this occurring, as in volatile markets the market could move so far and fast that this would occur.

Something you could consider is using GetCurrentBid() and GetCurrentAsk() to offset orders so that they are more likely to land on the correct side of the market, as you have noted.

See these help guide pages for more information.
GetCurrentBid(): https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...currentbid.htm
GetCurrentAsk(): https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...currentask.htm

You could also consider using RealtimeErrorHandling.IgnoreAllErrors to trap order errors in OnOrderUpdate by checking error == ErrorCode.UnableToChangeOrder.

Please note that setting this property value to IgnoreAllErrors can have serious adverse affects on a running strategy unless you have programmed your own order rejection handling in the OnOrderUpdate() method. To do this you could trap the rejected order by checking if the OrderState is Rejected within OnOrderUpdate() followed by defining your own order rejection handling behavior for the rejected order.

Please see the example in the help guide link below that demonstrates using RealtimeErrorHandling and trapping a rejected order in OnOrderUpdate().

RealtimeErrorHandling — https://ninjatrader.com/es/support/h...orhandling.htm

Let us know if we may assist further.