SetProfitTarget() does not appear to work in SampleMACrossOver strategy.

[robertlaub]

I am trying to get a working knowledge of SetProfitTarget() in a working ninjascript strategy.
I made a copy of the SampleMACrossOver strategy

I added the following lines in OnStateChange():

else if (State == State.Configure) {
SetParabolicStop(CalculationMode.Ticks, 20);
}

In OnBarUpdate() I commented out the short order so that only long orders would be generated:

else if (CrossBelow(smaFast, smaSlow, 1)) {
// EnterShort();
}

I ran the strategy on CL 04-20 around the date 3/1/2020. Almost all of the time the strategy exited based on session close even though the stop losses were huge and the long order should have been stopped out by the Parabolic stop. Running the same strategy with a Trailing Stop of 20 ticks creates a lot of stop orders.

I do not understand why SetParabolicStop() does not create obvious stop orders.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello robertlaub,

Are you using the settings suggested by the indicator of 0.02, 0.2, and 0.02?

Try setting the parabolic stop to a smaller tick distance like 5.

Do you still see that there are no exits when using these settings?

[robertlaub]

I mistyped in the title: "SetProfitTarget()" should have read "SetParabolicStop()".

I attached two files. One is the script which I used called SamepleMACrossOverRob. It is a modified version of the SampleMACrossOver strategy found in the standard NT8 distribution.The second file is a pdf which shows the results of running a backtest on SamepleMACrossOverRob using the "Strategy Analyzer".

Even though the script uses "SetParabolicStop(CalculationMode.Ticks, 60);", the backtest shows one of the trades losing over $10,000. 60 ticks on the ES is worth $750.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello robertlaub,

What is the entry price and exit price of the trade?