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
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Limit Order |
Default color is cyan with the text "LMT" |
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Stop Market Order |
Default color is pink with text "STP" |
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Stop Limit Order |
Default color is violet with text "SLM" |
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Market Order |
Market orders are not displayed (see Control Center Order Tab) |
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Stop Loss Order |
Default color is red |
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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".
