trailing stop

[shanemcdonald]

hello
I add a trailing stop in the strategy wizard and it does not work.
The profit targets and stop losses always work, but trailing stop soes not work.

Have you heard of this ?

thanks
shane

[luxurious_04]

hello
I add a trailing stop in the strategy wizard and it does not work.
The profit targets and stop losses always work, but trailing stop soes not work.

Have you heard of this ?

thanks
shane

Will you please post your code of the trailing stop so that we can check it?

[NinjaTrader_Matthew]

hello
I add a trailing stop in the strategy wizard and it does not work.
The profit targets and stop losses always work, but trailing stop soes not work.

Have you heard of this ?

thanks
shane

Is your strategy running CaclulateOnBarClose = true or false?

If it is true, you will not see the auto-trail adjustment take place until after the bar closes.

[koganam]

hello
I add a trailing stop in the strategy wizard and it does not work.
The profit targets and stop losses always work, but trailing stop soes not work.

Have you heard of this ?

thanks
shane

Are you using both SetStopLoss() and SetTrailStop() in the same strategy?

[shanemcdonald]

yes i am using both

thanks
shane

[shanemcdonald]

/// <summary>
/// This method is used to configure the strategy and is called once before any strategy method is called.
/// </summary>
protected override void Initialize()
{
SetProfitTarget("", CalculationMode.Ticks, 50);
SetStopLoss("", CalculationMode.Ticks, 15, false);
SetTrailStop("", CalculationMode.Ticks, 15, false);

CalculateOnBarClose = true;



Do you use stop loss or do you not add stop loss with trailing stop ?

thanks

shane

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello shanemcdonald,

Thanks for that info.

The SetTrailStop cannot be used with SetStopLoss for the same position. If both are called only the SetStopLoss will be set.

This is mentioned in the tips section of SetTrailStop in the help guide language reference linked below.
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...ttrailstop.htm


Please do not hesitate to contact us for any other NinjaTrader inquiries.

[shanemcdonald]

hi
thank you
I missed that part when reading the guide.
Will the trailing stop act as initial stop loss ?
Or will there be no stop loss ?

thanks
shane

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello shanemcdonald,

Yes, the trailing stop will be the initial stop loss.
Using your code as an example the stop loss will initially be set at 15 ticks.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for any other NinjaTrader inquiries you may have.

[shanemcdonald]

thank you for your help everyone

shane