Bar Goes splat! - Strategy fix

[priceisking]

Hi,

I have a strategy that i am working on and for the most part it works great, but i noticed I am unable to figure out how to code properly for when a bar goes splat or in a short position goes to the moon. Take a look at the attachment. It's a 5 minute candle bar that just went down about 30 points in 5 minutes.

I want to code something, but not sure exactly how to prevent it from taking a huge loss . I don't want to wait till bar closes to get me out at a huge loss. i would rather take a loss after 5-6 points than 30 in the same bar.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello priceisking,

If this real-time, you can use a stoploss (SetStopLoss()) with a preset distance from the entry price.
This would fill in real-time before the trade has closed.
(Historically, SetStopLoss() would fill when the primary bar closes)

Below is a public link to the help guide on SetStopLoss().

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/setstoploss.htm

If this is historical, you would need intra-bar granularity to trigger intra-bar actions.
Below is a link to a forum post where I detail intra-bar granularity.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?p=491297#post491297

[priceisking]

Do you have any video links to coding trailing stops?

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello priceisking,

Thank you for your response.

We would not have any videos specific to trailing stops in NinjaScript. Can you detail what kind of trailing stop you would like to build?

I look forward to assisting you further.