Order & Position Display
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Orders and positions are displayed in a highly visual manner. An order is visualized as a color coded line with the order price label in the right margin and a label indicating the order qty, action and either order type or name.



Visualization

Limit Order

Default color is cyan with the text "LMT"

Stop Market Order

Default color is pink with text "STP"

Stop Limit Order

Default color is violet with text "SLM"

Market Order

Market orders are not displayed (see Control Center Order Tab)

Stop Loss Order

Default color is red

Profit Target Order

Default color is lime


Chart trading color properties can be set via the Chart Trader properties window.


The next two images are examples of how orders are visualized in a NinjaTrader chart.


1. Sell limit order for 1 contract at a price of 1441.25

2. Sell stop market order for 1 contract at a price of 1438.5

3. Sell stop limit order for 1 contract at a price of 1438



1. Two profit target orders (T1 and T2)

2. Average position and PnL indicator for 2 contracts long

3. *Stop loss order (S2)

4. Current position size

5. Average position price

6. PnL


* The stop loss order is actually comprised of two orders as indicated by the letter "s" next to the qty number "2".