Why is Stop Loss / Profit target not honored.

[timmbbo]

Why are my profit / loss stops rarely not honored?

I have a strategy that sets a profit / loss stop at six ticks. The vast majority of trades, the profit/stop loss is honored. However, on about 1% of trades, the stop / profit loss just doesn't stick, and the trade never closes. Even at the end of the trading day, the trade just stays open until I close it manually. Would you have any thoughts on this? Thanks,

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello timmbbo,

Thanks for your post.

Are these strategies that you created? Or, were the strategies created by a third-party vendor?

Have you added debugging prints throughout the strategy if you were the creator of it?

Ultimately, to understand why the strategy is behaving as it is, it is necessary to add prints to the script that print the values used for the logic of the script to understand how the script is evaluating.

In the strategy add prints (outside of any conditions) that print the values of every variable in every condition that places an order along with the time of that bar.

Prints will appear in the NinjaScript Output window (New > NinjaScript Output window).

Also, enable TraceOrders which will let us know if any orders are being ignored and not being submitted when the condition to place the orders is evaluating as true.

Below is a link to a forum post that demonstrates how to use prints to understand behavior.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...121#post791121

Let us know if we may assist further.