How to submit unmanaged orders in a strategy - having trouble

[Austiner87]

Hi NT,

please see the first picture - it provides that I am including "IsUnmanaged = true;" in the SetDefaults section, and that I would like to submit an order in the OnBarUpdate section, however, the trades still appear as a position for the strategy after they've been traded, but I am trying to avoid this. In that once the UnManagedTrade goes through, it still says "1L" under the position column in my strategy tab on the control center, but I want to avoid this - I want the order to be submitted outside of the strategy (which is what i thought unmanaged orders did, unless I have that wrong). looking for some help, thank you!

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Austiner87,

The unmanaged approach would not prevent the strategy position from changing, as these orders still effect the strategy.

To place orders outside of the strategy, it would be necessary to use the addon approach and send the orders through the Account with <Account>.CreateOrder() and <Account>.Submit().
Note, orders can only be placed to the account during State.Realtime.

Below are links to the help guide.

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

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