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Post From: Sierra chart will sometimes initiate trades when first starting up.

[2019-08-24 06:09:06]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
How do I show that Amp received those orders and they were live because my account is down by those order amounts?
You need to look for the orders in the Trade Activity Log. Any order submitted from Sierra Chart will have a Status of "Order Sent". Refer to:
Trade Activity Log: Viewing Historical Trade Activity

And for the record, there is not any type of problem/fault where Sierra Chart is submitting orders when started.

But these features could potentially, but very unlikely, do that based on the data which they rely on for submitting orders and the settings for these features:
Global Profit/Loss Management
Basic Trading and the Trade Window: A >> Flatten And Cancel at Set Time

But the problem is that is not the case here from what we see. And you can clearly see in the Trade Activity Log if that was the case. The origin of the order is clearly indicated in the Order Action Source field.

Months ago we became aware of a problem when there was an abnormal shutdown of Sierra Chart and simulated orders which were no longer working and not removed from the main orders file because the temporary file which held the current order list was not committed, would still be active upon a restart of Sierra Chart. We fixed that issue but that is only something which would have affected simulation mode. Not live trading. That would be impossible.
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level

Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy:
https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation

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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2019-08-24 11:03:08