how to place stop loss and profit targets

[qwert12]

how do u set stop loss and profit targets on the moving average crossover automated strategies option?

also on the ma crossover why do u get more than one contract on futures like es, when it says 1 contract at a time. watched es with the ma crossover and it always seemed to have 2 or 3 more contracts that it would never close out, lossing more money, instead of having one contract at a time and then reversing.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Hi qwert12,

Thanks for your post.

Please check out this tutorial from our help guide - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...tml?Overview34

After completing entering the conditions, click the 'Next' button until you see the 'Stops and Targets' section - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...rdScreens.html

Now you can add Stops and Targets with the 'Add' button.

If the strategy pyramides the position up, please make sure you set the 'Entries per Direction' option for the strategy to '1'. The link explains those options in more detail - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...romAChart.html

[XtraderFX]

Follow up

Hi, how would be possible manually. Say I bought market and manually added my limits, how do I add 2 Targets without using ATM strategy.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello XtraderFX,

Thank you for your post.

Are you asking how to manually place the stop losses after the SampleMaCrossOver submits the entry? Please clarify on your inquiry so we may be of further assistance.

[XtraderFX]

Hi, sorry for the unclear response, this is a totally different question aside from what the last person was talking about. Just a question about placing 2 profit targets manually. If I bought market then placed a Sell Stop Order for my Stop Loss, which orders to I place to Take Profits> Normally I would place a Sell Limit to take profit but how do I do 2 Targets?

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello XtraderFX,

Thank you for your response.

You would place limit orders for the targets. Information on submitting orders can be found at the following link: http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...rder_entry.htm