This is due to the fact that ATM orders (targets, stops) aren't submitted to the broker until after NT detects that the entry has been filled.
This is an issue for me, since I trade via IB which automatically logs off the broker application every day, meaning if I want to place trades overnight, there's a chance I could get my entry filled and the logoff results in no stop/target being transmitted.
I understand that I can place the target and stop orders as OCO orders ahead of time, but this has the undesirable effect of if my entry order is not filled, I have these profit/stop orders that are just sitting there, and they will be filled without my entry having been filled.
Is there no solution for me here? I want my stop and profit orders to sit on the broker servers, so that if IB logs me off or NT randomly crashes, I don't have either stray target/stop orders sitting there, or even worse, entry with no stop/target. I can trivially do this within TWS by just putting a bracket stop/target order on my entry order, then I can go to sleep knowing that if my entry gets filled, I will have a stop and target. Is there no way to submit bracket orders from within NT?
I would hate to have to use TWS for all my order entry, kinda defeats the whole purpose of NT in my opinion.
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