Faster order entry on Chart Trader. Click Trader?

[NinjaTrader_RyanS]

Hello,

NinjaTrader is designed to only show active/working orders on the order entry windows, so since the stop and target order of an ATM are not yet live orders, these orders are excluded from the display. Once they are submitted to your broker, the orders appear and can be managed. The only alternative would be to manually place the stop and target order as an OCO pair, but this runs the risk of one of these orders filling before your entry order fills.

Please let me know if I may assist further.

[patricia70]

NinjaTrader is designed to only show active/working orders on the order entry windows, so since the stop and target order of an ATM are not yet live orders, these orders are excluded from the display.

Exactly! this is what I mean, that even such essential basic functions are simply missing. Sad but true

[hedgeplay]

Greetings.

Just an FYI for developers.

I downloaded this TEST ONLY Development SAMPLE posted by an NT staff member in another thread. For Developers this is one nice step forward, but only a start on what you will need.

1) Attach as an indicator.
2) Right Click anywhere on the chart to pull on the long menu that would let you select Limit and Stop orders.
3) Escape out of that menu and presto.. Very quickly you have added two orders to your screen that now need to be better positioned.

Trust me .. (I only saw surprises while still in Sim mode) This is not ready for production use as is.. way to easy to forget it is attached and you might be dropping order where you don't want and frequently..

A first next step might be to add on-screen buttons that drive bools to enable the indicator and for what type of order next.

HedgePlay

[hedgeplay]

Developers might find an nice solution by combining that starter sample indicator with this pretty well developed (but 0nly long not yet for short) starter sample ..

Here is the link to a current discussion around the attached sample below, But the context is completely different so discussion should stay in this thread. https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...ns#post1127279

[emuns]

Greetings.

Just an FYI for developers.

I downloaded this TEST ONLY Development SAMPLE posted by an NT staff member in another thread. For Developers this is one nice step forward, but only a start on what you will need.

1) Attach as an indicator.
2) Right Click anywhere on the chart to pull on the long menu that would let you select Limit and Stop orders.
3) Escape out of that menu and presto.. Very quickly you have added two orders to your screen that now need to be better positioned.

Trust me .. (I only saw surprises while still in Sim mode) This is not ready for production use as is.. way to easy to forget it is attached and you might be dropping order where you don't want and frequently..

A first next step might be to add on-screen buttons that drive bools to enable the indicator and for what type of order next.

HedgePlay

Hello hedgeplay and NT support,

thank you for the great sample. I made some changes in the script so now you can only enter limit order if you simultaneously press left shift and left mouse click.

Only two problems remain to be solved:

1) how to avoid an error when clicking the chart with the mouse without pressing the left shift key (see error in a Log:

Failed to submit orders: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at NinjaTrader.Cbi.Account.Submit(IEnumerable`1 orders);

2) So far only a simple limit order can be placed, but I would like to place a limit input of an "ATM" Strategy (with predefined SL and PT in chart trader).

Would anyone know how to do that?

Thank you,
emuns

[emuns]

Hello,

I have figured out how to handle the ATM strategies (see attachment). Now I just wonder how to use the ATM strategy which is active in ChartTrader? Now I can only work with the one that´s written directly in the script.

Thank you,
emuns

PS: it is necessary to place the name of your ATM strategy directly in the script (rows 158 and 165) !!

[Mindset]

Hi Enums

Your code works but only after giving a null ref exception on the v first click.
Any idea why that should be?

[Mindset]

I managed to get buy and sell orders on.
I have a single issue - a second click ( even without using the modifier key) places a second order!
I have tried to prevent this but after 3 hours I give up - perhaps support can enlighten us.
As I reset the bool within the logic I don't understand why another click should place an order?

I remember having this years ago - couldn't resolve it then either. I am guessing it's something to do with the TriggerEvent method but that's just a guess.
NB don't forget to change the ATM Strategy name to your own lines 230 and 240.

ClickLimitMine.zip

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello emuns,

There are a few examples you may find helpful.

Below is a link to a forum post on getting the selected atm strategy from chart trader.
https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...775#post752775

A link to an example that gets the selected account from chart trader.
https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...98#post1055898

A User App Share script that links orders to the parent Atm instance.

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/user-app-share-download/atmstrategyidentifier/

As well as an example that places orders through the addon approach with an atm strategy template attached.
http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...555#post515555


"Object reference not set to an instance of an object" means a variable used had a null value. With the part of the message "at NinjaTrader.Cbi.Account.Submit(IEnumerable`1 orders);". There may have been an element within the order array that does not have an order assigned, or the array variable itself is null and not instantiated, or something along these lines. Test every variable for null just before its used to find the variable with the null value.

[Mindset]

i resolved the obj instance issue - but I am not sure why a second click should result in the submission of an order?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Mindset,

This would depend on your logic.

Do you have logic to ignore some clicks and not others?

[Mindset]

Well yes - it has to be a click with either the Ctrl or Shift key pressed. But after I do that it will submit an order on a simple click ( no keys pressed). Just once. Doesn't repeat.

Edit - Clumbsy solution but nonetheless it works; separate logic into two scripts and hey presto everything works!
Would still like to understand why if I combine them it gives that odd behaviour on one side and not the other.

[Mindset]

Update - whoops - come out of playback and it's leaving orange orders everywhere that I cannot cancel . Why is it so hard to code a simple buy or sell order? it's ridiculous.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Mindset,

Orders most often get stuck because of improper re-use of OCO IDs.

Do these orders have OCO IDs?

[Mindset]

it has an atm strategy attached to it

NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.AtmStrategy.StartAtmStrate gy("First", limitOrder);