Unirenko Targetand stops CANCELon new bar

[JMont1]

NT8.0.17.1 64-bit Unirenko strategy enters fine. On new bar the targets and stops cancel. Tried reloading NT8 clean and it is still happening. Any help would be appreciated since without the targets and stops I am not able to reliably trade the strategy - created with Strategy Builder - so no customizing T/S.

The target and stops seem to cancel the way a strategy entry does if not executed in the current bar. This does not occur in NT7.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello JMont1,

Thanks for your post.

Please post your code and example code that demonstrates the issue.

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[JMont1]

FYI all -- message from support on this issue:

Just to update you, after further review we were able to recreate the issue with a simplified test script. We will investigate further and will update you with our findings. Thanks in advance for your patience while we dig into this further.

[JMont1]

NinjaTrader_PaulH Since no fix yet I tried to use Strategy Builder's Bool to turn on and off a forced exit at the target. Strategy compiles fine.

But when implementing the strategy it does not give the option to change the bool from my default of false to true. This means I cannot turn on this step in the strategy making it none existent.

PLEASE see if this is another bug. Thank you.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello JMont1,

Thanks for your post.

As of this morning, development has confirmed that the canceling of the trailing stop and profit has been fixed and will be available in the next release of NinjaTrader8. I do not know specifically when that will occur.

For the issue you are reporting today, Please post a screenshot of where the variable/input is created and where it is that you are trying to change its status.

[JMont1]

Three images:
First is creating the Bool
Second putting bool in the Step
Third image shows the list of parameters and other options and it does not show up

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello JMont1,

Thanks for your reply.

In your example, in the variables table, ATMok and ATMok2 are what would be called "internal variables" or "private" variables that are used within the strategy itself and are not "exposed". These variables can have their state changed while the strategy is running in the "action" section of a set and would be found in the Misc folder.

If you want to use a bool to change something when you apply the strategy, for example, you want the strategy instance to do or not do something, then you would want to create a bool as an input variable that then would be available in the user interface to set as you wish. Like other inputs, it would be read-only and would not change states from what you set it as when you apply the strategy.

From your description, I suspect you want to create the bool as an input.

[JMont1]

Hello JMont1,

Thanks for your post.

As of this morning, development has confirmed that the canceling of the trailing stop and profit has been fixed and will be available in the next release of NinjaTrader8. I do not know specifically when that will occur.

For the issue you are reporting today, Please post a screenshot of where the variable/input is created and where it is that you are trying to change its status.

Been a long wait for the new version - if I have not missed one. PLEASE be sure the fix is coming out soon. Thank you.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello JMont1,

Thanks for your post.

I will look into the status and update this thread when I have further information.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello JMont1,

The bug fix identified as [NTEIGHT-13574] "Strategy on Renko Series will cancel SetProfitTarget & SetTrailingStop orders on 1st trailing stop modification" was planned for the 8.0.18.0 release however we found an additional conflict this caused and this was pulled from the 8.0.18.0 release. It is currently slated for the next release of NinjaTrader unless further related issues are found between now and then. As before I cannot advise when the next release will occur. Thanks in advance for your continued patience on this topic.

[JMont1]

Hello JMont1,

The bug fix identified as [NTEIGHT-13574] "Strategy on Renko Series will cancel SetProfitTarget & SetTrailingStop orders on 1st trailing stop modification" was planned for the 8.0.18.0 release however we found an additional conflict this caused and this was pulled from the 8.0.18.0 release. It is currently slated for the next release of NinjaTrader unless further related issues are found between now and then. As before I cannot advise when the next release will occur. Thanks in advance for your continued patience on this topic.

Thought I was not seeing the fix. This is disappointing since I started this in February. Please push for correction in next release. It is VERY difficult to use the strategy without this basic capability.

Thank you for your support.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello JMont1,

Thanks for your reply.

If you are not already, you can use the fixed stoploss without issue until the fix has been implemented.

[JMont1]

Hello JMont1,

Thanks for your reply.

If you are not already, you can use the fixed stoploss without issue until the fix has been implemented.

Great advice - thought all stops were affected. So I will use the trail stop in backtest because that seems to work and then use the standard stop for Sim/Live trading. Thank you for this advice.

[JMont1]

Standard Stop did not work out so well. I thought they would be created as moveable stops so I could adjust without killing the strategy. Unfortunately, they are absolutely FIXED as your name for them indicates. So there is not way to use them as manual MOVING stops and TARGETS.

Thanks for the thought tho.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello JMont1,

Thanks for your reply.

Correct, in the strategy builder the SetStopLoss is not dynamically adjustable.

If you want to stay within the strategy builder environment, an alternative would be to code your own trailing stop. My Colleague Chelsea has created an example of a breakeven type as well as a trailing stop type in this thread: https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...rategy-builder