Checking how NT handles orders with options set as I have them

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

adamus,

Max bars lookback is not a setting for how much data is loaded. Max bars lookback is simply a setting for how many bars are allowed for use in NinjaScript calculations. For how many bars you want to actually load you would need to set this up on your chart. If you are trying to run the strategy from the strategies tab you would determine this by choosing how many days to load when you add the strategy.

[adamus]

you mean 'Minimum bars required'?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

adamus,

There are many settings. Please clarify which one you are talking about exactly.

Min. bars required = how many bars are needed to exist on the chart prior to any strategy logic being processed

Maximum bars look back = the maximum number of bars your NinjaScript can look back historically and grab values from for things like DataSeries objects

[adamus]

I am asking whether I should use 'Min bars required' = 50 to make sure that the strategy loads up 50 bars of history for the moving averages & standard deviations I am using before it activates.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Yes. Setting to 50 will prevent any strategy processing until 50 bars exist on your chart. This means your indicator values will have properly calculated values by that time.