Order State Definitions

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Order State Definitions

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The table below describes the various order States your orders can be in as well as the color that represents this state in NinjaTrader. The colors can be seen when submitting, modifying or cancelling orders in the Order Entry windows as well as the Orders tab of the Control Center.

 

NinjaTrader Order State Definitions

Order State

Definition

Color Code

Initialized

Order information validated on local PC

Yellow

Submitted

Order submitted to the connectivity provider

Orange

Accepted

Order confirmation received by broker

Order type color

Working

Order confirmation received by exchange

Order type color

Suspended

Order held by broker and ready to be submitted when triggered

Order type color

Change submitted

Order modification submitted to the connectivity provider

Orange

Cancel pending

Order cancellation submitted to the connectivity provider/exchange

Orange

Cancelled

Order cancellation confirmed cancelled by exchange

No color

Rejected

Order rejected locally, by connectivity provider or exchange

No color

Partially filled

Order partially filled

No color

Filled

Order completely filled

No color

Trigger pending

Order held locally on PC and ready to be submitted to connectivity provider

Yellow

 

Notes: For orders in a Accepted or Working Order State, the order color will be reflective of the order type.  For example, a Limit order would by Cyan (by default) when Working.

FXCM and Rithmic do not support GTD orders. These order will be submitted as GTC and the GTD functionality will be simulated on NinjaTrader. NinjaTrader must be connected for it to function