danielk 

A really comforting feature were if NT8 could have an optional function to place a stop(close all positions and orders) order at XXticks from the current price IF the connection between client and datafeed would be lost/disconnect. This way users could substantially limit the dangers of connection losses.

You mean, when connected the stop is already there?
Because.. if the connection has been lost, how to send this order?

Or maybe you are talking about some feature NT8 has that I am not aware..

I heard someting about ATMs strategies allocated at Ninja's servers.. is that what are you refering to?

danielk 

A really comforting feature were if NT8 could have an optional function to place a stop(close all positions and orders) order at XXticks from the current price IF the connection between client and datafeed would be lost/disconnect. This way users could substantially limit the dangers of connection losses.

Hi @danielk,

You can kinda do that now with any trading platform. NT8/7 included. The issue with the broken connection is that you cannot place/change orders so it is too late to try and reduce risk. The concept I see here is to setup a "Trailing stop" at your risk level. NT8 and possibly your broker will continue to move it during a live session (maybe 30 ticks away from current or whatever), but if the connection is broken, and your broker has the feature, the broker will move the trailing stop if you loose a connection.

Can't hurt to have a "we should never reach this price" stop loss in place for data-outages.

Heya guys,

Normal NT stops(not sure about strategies like trailing) are afaik placed at broker/exchange, so a potential outage should not affect that safety measure even when you disconnect(ensure its a market stop, not limit order).

However, this requires you to manually set a stop after placing an order- and while i always do this(at a "disaster level") it would be nice to know that if something happened right between the order placing and stop placing(or i just got sloppy during a small scalp), you would still be safe. Or if you have a pending limit order, maybe you would want to cancel it when a DC occured.

Your datafeed provider should in theory be able to register when a connection is lost, possibly after a small timeout period. And i know CQG allows you to log in to their web interface and flatten orders directly there so it seems possible to me.

It might however be something that the datafeed provider and NT would have to cooperate on, so initially maybe just possible for us NTbroker customers.

As I remember, depending on the broker, stops are resident on the broker's server or on the user's computer. Somewhere on the NT forum there is a descriptive list how resting orders are handled for each supported broker. It is embedded within a thread.

MrTrader 

You mean, when connected the stop is already there? Because.. if the connection has been lost, how to send this order? Or maybe you are talking about some feature NT8 has that I am not aware.. I heard someting about ATMs strategies allocated at Ninja's servers.. is that what are you refering to?

Your client cant transmit anything when you lose connection or get a power outage etc.

But a connection is between 2 points: you and your datafeed. When you start NT, you contact datafeed servers and start requesting datafeeds that are on your charts. Your datafeed provider starts feeding you this data. When you disconnect, the datafeed provider will know that suddenly no data is being received- and it will stop pumping data to your client that is no longer "there".

So in theory, it should be possible for the datafeed provider to notice when you disconnect- and then submit stop/close orders on your behalf a certain distance from current price.

For more on stops see https://forum.ninjatrader.com/showthread.php?t=5349&highlight=order+reside and
Stop loss even when computer down? - [AUTOLINK]NinjaTrader[/AUTOLINK] Support Forum and Broker server held profit and stops - [AUTOLINK]NinjaTrader[/AUTOLINK] Support Forum

So basically any OCO or ATM based trade has the potential to blow up your account if you are unlucky. With my suggestion, you can eliminate the risk totally by setting a certain threshold of acceptable risk/loss before the datafeed provider closes all your positions and orders for you once it registers a timeout from your NT client.

Camdo 

As I remember, depending on the broker, stops are resident on the broker's server or on the user's computer. Somewhere on the NT forum there is a descriptive list how resting orders are handled for each supported broker. It is embedded within a thread.

With the exception of simulated stop orders, all regular stop market and stoplimit orders are NOT on users computer (for futures) but held at the exchange.

Hi danielk, thank you.

In my case, its a tri-point-connection: Me-DataFeeder-Broker
And they are all independent.
DataFeeder does not know the existence of my broker and vice-versa.

Maybe @NinjaTrader+NinjaBrokerage are working on a solution on this subject, working together, they are/would be "aware of everything"(orders, connections, feed, ..) so, in this case could exist a solution.. like server-running-ATMs.. or other approach..

danielk 

Your client cant transmit anything when you lose connection or get a power outage etc. But a connection is between 2 points: you and your datafeed. When you start NT, you contact datafeed servers and start requesting datafeeds that are on your charts. Your datafeed provider starts feeding you this data. When you disconnect, the datafeed provider will know that suddenly no data is being received- and it will stop pumping data to your client that is no longer "there". So in theory, it should be possible for the datafeed provider to notice when you disconnect- and then submit stop/close orders on your behalf a certain distance from current price. For more on stops see Where do your orders reside? - [AUTOLINK]NinjaTrader[/AUTOLINK] Support Forum and Stop loss even when computer down? - [AUTOLINK]NinjaTrader[/AUTOLINK] Support Forum and Broker server held profit and stops - [AUTOLINK]NinjaTrader[/AUTOLINK] Support Forum

Could someone code the JTRelativeVolume.cs indicator to be compatible with Ninjatrader 8. Would be much appreciated, thanks :-)

tradertom2012 

Could someone code the JTRelativeVolume.cs indicator to be compatible with Ninjatrader 8. Would be much appreciated, thanks :-)

You will probably get better results by posting your request in this thread:

Converting NT7 indicators to NT8 for free Hi guys, As we near the release of NinjaTrader 8, I wanted to post this notice and provide a thread for conversion requests. As you know, NT7 indicators will not work in NT8 without modification. Some will require only very minor tweaks that may …

SatchFan 

You will probably get better results by posting your request in this thread: Converting NT7 indicators to NT8 for free Hi guys, As we near the release of NinjaTrader 8, I wanted to post this notice and provide a thread for conversion requests. As you know, NT7 indicators will not work in NT8 without modification. Some will require only very minor tweaks that may …

Thanks SatchFan, will do.