Strategy Partial Fills

[tdwest1968]

What can I do to increase the profit target being hit and actually "take". When my stop loss hits the mark, it immediately stops me out, but if I hit the profit target, it will hit it, drop down, hit it again, stay lit, hover over it, drop down, hit it again, then maybe hit and take the profit before reversing. Any suggestions?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello, thanks for writing in. I moved your post to a new thread. You are likely getting partial fills on the profit target. There is nothing that can be done to stop that from happening since its depended on market conditions. If the price is touching the order and not filling it means the order is still in the fill queue and the price pulled back before the order was able to fill.

Kind regards,
-ChrisL

[tdwest1968]

Thank you, I appreciate all your help.

[tdwest1968]

which thread did you move it to?

[tdwest1968]

I found it, sorry.

[QuantKey_Bruce]

You're either on the wrong side of the spread, or there is not enough liquidity at that price level (you are too far down in the queue). You cannot "force" it to be taken - but you could potentially "chase" by moving your limit order back in order to get a fill or you could switch it to market after so many seconds. Either of these risks sacrificing a tick or two - a limit order is a trade-off - you get a guaranteed "or better" price (if you get a fill) but you have to pay the price of giving up a guaranteed fill.