Strategy flattens trades upon start - how to prevent this

[smatthew]

Today one of my pc's memory modules decided to die.
As a result the machine, running NT with a strategy enabled and multiple open strategy managed trades, blue screened.

I've managed to get the pc up and running again, so after firing up NT I've reconnected to FXCM.
All trades from before the crash were still there on the positions tab.
However, to my surprise, after enabling the strategy it closed all those trades...
Is there some setting I need to configure to prevent this from happening?
It's pretty annoying to see trades going to waste just because of hardware failure...
What I would have liked to see is that the strategy would just pick up where it left off.

Here's the strategy's log:

**NT** Enabling NinjaScript strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21' : On starting a real-time strategy - StrategySync=WaitUntilFlat SyncAccountPosition=True EntryHandling=UniqueEntries EntriesPerDirection=8 StopTargetHandling=PerEntryExecution ErrorHandling=StopStrategyCancelOrdersClosePositio ns ExitOnClose=False Set order quantity by=Strategy ConnectionLossHandling=KeepRunning DisconnectDelaySeconds=10 CancelEntryOrdersOnDisable=True CancelExitOrdersOnDisable=False CalculateOnBarClose=False MaxRestarts=4 in 5 minutes
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='6000S $AUDCAD'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='5000S $AUDJPY'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='5000S $AUDNZD'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='7000S $AUDUSD'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='3000S $CADJPY'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='2000S $CHFJPY'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='3000L $EURAUD'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='5000L $EURCAD'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='5000S $EURGBP'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='4000S $EURJPY'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='4000L $EURNZD'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='4000L $EURUSD'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='3000L $GBPAUD'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='4000S $GBPJPY'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='2000L $GBPNZD'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='3000L $GBPUSD'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='5000S $NZDJPY'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='5000S $NZDUSD'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='2000S $USDCAD'
**NT** Flattening account position on starting strategy 'D1EMA20EMA50/713e0fa648b64fdb8752b0b5b6ac7b21'. Account position='3000S $USDJPY'

[NinjaTrader_Matthew]

Hello,

As you started the strategy with SyncAccount set to True, it would submit an order to your account as per the position the strategy calculates itself in at that time.

To prevent this from happening, you can set this to "False" when starting the strategy and the position should remain open.

I'm including a detailed video we have created on the Strategy Sync options which covers all scenarios and help you determine what settings you need to use for your strategy to operate as you're hoping:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US9cKUwLMOA&list=PL82A14C398CA140D7&index=5

We also have a few help guide articles on this topic:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/strategy_position_vs_account_p.htm

Syncing Account Positions:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/syncing_account_positions.htm