When taking profit and cutting loss orders are sent?

[CougarMountain]

Hi, want to know when taking profit and cutting loss orders are sent? Are they sent to the broker at the same time when the entry order is sent? Or execution of entry order triggers taking profit and cutting loss orders to be sent?

If taking profit and cutting loss orders are sent after execution of entry order, what will happen if my computer freezes or lost network connection after entry order is executed and before taking profit and cutting loss orders are sent?

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Welcome to the forums CougarMountain!

Profit Target and Stop Loss orders from SetProfitTarget and SetStopLoss are sent when an Entry order comes back as filled. Profit Target and Stop Loss orders sent with Exit methods will be sent when your logic allows those order methods to be reached. (See Managed Approach documentation for full information on how these order methods work and can be used.)

If NinjaTrader is not able to see the execution of your Entry order, it will not be signalled to send your profit target and stop loss until the connection is re-established and then the execution is seen. (See Connection Loss Handling for further information on how a strategy can be left to "KeepRunning" in the event of a connection loss.)

If there is a freeze and the software trading platform cannot react, it will not be able to send the protective orders. This would be a case where you should contact your broker's Orders Desk to ensure you are not left in an unwanted position. This would be good practice using any trading software.

However, to note that if you need to restart the platform or ultimately re-enable the strategy, you could use the ImmediatelySubmit Start Behavior can be used so that the strategy immediately submits any active strategy orders it calculated when it processes historical data. (See Syncing Account Positions for full detail on Start Behaviors)

Managed Approach - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...d_approach.htm

Connection Loss Handling - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...riptProperties

Start Behaviors (Please also see Strategy Vs. Account Position linked within.) - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help..._positions.htm

If you do not have a stable environment to run the strategy on your home PC, a VPS could be considered to run NinjaTrader and your NinjaScript strategies.

Please let us know if you have any additional questions.