Yes. Replikanto requires that you select exactly the instrument with its current expiration date for trades to copy from your leader account to follower accounts. This requirement applies to futures contracts and other instruments that have an expiration date.
Understanding Instrument Rollover
Futures contracts expire on a schedule that depends on the product: equity index futures such as ES, NQ, YM and RTY (and their Micro versions) expire quarterly, in March, June, September and December, while others, such as crude oil (CL), have a contract for every month. When a contract nears expiration, traders "rollover" their positions from the expiring contract to the next contract month. During rollover, the instrument symbol changes (for example, from ES 12-26 to ES 03-27).
How Replikanto Handles Rollover
Replikanto offers two ways to manage instrument rollover:
Manual Rollover
If you change the expiration date of your instrument manually, you must update the instrument selection in Replikanto's windows or tabs for each affected account.
Automatic Rollover
When you roll an instrument over with NinjaTrader's batch rollover (Tools > Database Management, then Rollover), Replikanto will automatically rollover the instrument in all windows and tabs that contain that rolled-over instrument. This ensures that your leader and follower accounts stay synchronized without requiring manual updates. A tab with a trade open keeps the old contract, because its instrument cannot change while a trade is open on it; roll that tab once the trade is closed.
Important Notes
- Leader and follower accounts must have the same instrument selected for trade copying to work
- If instruments do not match, trades will not copy to the affected follower accounts
- Automatic rollover only works when initiated by NinjaTrader's built-in rollover functionality
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