Mixing manual and automated trading, StartBehavior

[AnotherWorkingHomeless]

Hello,
I need some details about the StartBehavior options in Ninjatrader.

I would like my strategy to be and to stay active even if I use the Chart Trader to open or close positions manually. I have used these options below, but have found that when a position is opened manually, the exit criteria of the strategy are inactive and when a position is closed manually, the strategy is officially disabled.

I have made these changes to the State.SetDefaults:

StartBehavior = StartBehavior.AdoptAccountPosition;
IsAdoptAccountPositionAware = true;

What else can I do to obtain the desired behavior?

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello AnotherWorkingHomeless,

Thanks for your post.

The Start Behavior determines how the strategy should start. It does not guarantee that the strategy position will stay in sync with the account position.

Submitting manual orders will desync the account from the strategy and using the Close button to close a strategy position will disable the strategy.

You may consider adding buttons to the strategy so you can take manual actions and have those actions taken from the context of the strategy.

I have linked an example that adds buttons for manual order submissions within the strategy.

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/user-app-share-download/long-short-toolbar-buttons-2/

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I look forward to assisting.