EnterShort when in a long position

[several]

If I'm in a long position, let's say with the default quantity of 1. Then my strategy submits a EnterShort order. Does NT automatically submit a sell order of 2?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello several,

Yes that will both close and reverse the position.

[several]

Thanks, I have a follow up question;

I created a basic test:

if (Close[0] >= Open[0])
{
EnterLongLimit(Convert.ToInt32(DefaultQuantity), (Low[0] - (20 * TickSize)) , @"myLong");
}

// Set 2
if (Close[0] < Open[0])
{
EnterShortLimit(Convert.ToInt32(DefaultQuantity), (High[0] + (20 * TickSize)) , @"myShort");
}

In this instance, I would expect a green bar to submit a limit order long, and a red bar to submit a limit order short. What happens is that once a green bar finishes, a long limit order is indeed submitted. Then I would expect if the next bar is red, a short limit order is submitted. But that doesn't happen. Instead the Long limit order is cancelled, but no short order is submitted.

If the next bar is red, then a short order is submitted. But why does it need 1 bar in between each order?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello several,

That would be expected, those are non live until cancelled orders meaning they will last for 1 bar if you don't call the order method again.You also cant reverse using limit orders in the same was as market orders, to do a reversal immediately you would need to use market orders.

[juankvillegas]

I had this issue some days ago... here is the explanation and how I solved it: https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/...get-not-woking