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Wednesday, 07 May 2014

I was in this 6A trade today when, later in the afternoon, I checked my VPS and saw the below image. You'll note it's an active trade but the stop and profit target are gone. Nor does the order show up in the basic entry window. Not knowing what was going on I immediately cancelled the order (which worked out well: given I had no stop and the recent 6A rally, it could have been an expensive outcome). Have any of you seen this before? What is it? Do I need to go to NT? I never deleted either the stop or the target, so I have no idea what happened. This is obviously worrisome if it can happen to future orders. Thanks, Patrick

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phuested

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I've added/re-added the .png file but it's not displaying...

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more than a month ago
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sean003.5

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Did you look at the logs to see if you can find out when your bracket orders were pulled? Go to Documents/Ninjatrader 7/log. If that doesn't shed any light I'd contact NT very quickly

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more than a month ago
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nbryant

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I think you are having a similar problem that I was. In your ATM Strategy, make sure "TIF" is "GTC". Please look at the highlighted area in the picture below. It should remedy your problems.

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more than a month ago
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phuested

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Sean/Nick,

Thanks to both of you. The log indicates that "Stop 1" and "Target 1" were closed at 3:59:54 PM CST. The "Basic Entry Close Position" occurred at 5:12:13 PM CST (which is when I closed it). And, yes, you're correct, the Time in Force is "Day". So, the timing of the event at 3:59 suggests to me it was the TIF "Day" that caused it. However, with the "Day" setting I would have expected the position to close in its entirety. Even though the position was still considered open, was I at any risk? I closed the position with a pip or two of profit, but in the "Account Performance-Trades" it shows zero profit, so it looks like I was never at risk, but seeing an open position with no stop or target was a little disconcerting! I'll change the ATM strategy to GTC. Many thanks again! --Patrick

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more than a month ago
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nbryant

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I will tell you from experience, your position was at risk! You just got lucky. I too got lucky when that happened to me and I haven't made that mistake again.

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more than a month ago
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phuested

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Here's today's NT problem...I went back and was going through my notes when I decided to check my 6A work on consumption candles. So I followed price up and left. I see this M60 pullback on 24 Oct 13 and wanted to find the original sell level/consumption candle. Rather than breaking down my M60 chart to M30 or lower, I simply opened a new, unlinked 6A 06-14 chart on M30, five days of data, ending 25 Oct 13. The only indicator I added to the M30 chart is the PFA Ray Label. So on the M30 chart I located the top of the consumption candle at 9691 (right image below). When I went to mark the candle on my M60 chart, the same point is at 9591--a 100-pip difference! I suspect the M60 chart is correct, but I have to wonder why the data is so far off. Anyhow, this is just posted because I found it curious. I may send this to NT Support and see what they say. --Patrick

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more than a month ago
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jeffalvarez

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Here's today's NT problem...I went back and was going through my notes when I decided to check my 6A work on consumption candles. So I followed price up and left. I see this M60 pullback on 24 Oct 13 and wanted to find the original sell level/consumption candle. Rather than breaking down my M60 chart to M30 or lower, I simply opened a new, unlinked 6A 06-14 chart on M30, five days of data, ending 25 Oct 13. The only indicator I added to the M30 chart is the PFA Ray Label. So on the M30 chart I located the top of the consumption candle at 9691 (right image below). When I went to mark the candle on my M60 chart, the same point is at 9591--a 100-pip difference! I suspect the M60 chart is correct, but I have to wonder why the data is so far off. Anyhow, this is just posted because I found it curious. I may send this to NT Support and see what they say. --Patrick

This sounds like one chart is adjusting for contract changes and one isn't. Maybe double check the Merge Policy on both charts.

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more than a month ago
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