Timespan Problem.

[Matthagoras]

I'm trying to create a strategy that uses the TimeSpan object to conduct trades.
Here is a simplified version of what I want to do, without any actual logic behind the trades.



I am currently using Calculate.OnEachTick. The program detects when it is the first Tick of the bar, but it never runs the If statement to sell after 30 seconds have gone by.

Am I doing something wrong? Please get back to me when you can.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Matthagoras,

Add debugging prints to understand the issue.

https://support.ninjatrader.com/s/article/Developer-Guide-Debugging-using-Print-and-TraceOrders

Print the current bar time, print the entry time, and print the span.TotalSeconds.
Enable TraceOrders.

Save the output (right-click the output window, select Save As) and attach the text file to your next post.

Let us know the bar time where you are expecting the condition to evaluate as true.

I would be happy to assist in analyzing the output.

[Matthagoras]

Alright, I changed the code a little bit to print the times:


The Output that I'm given is:


It seems to only counting the minutes. The data series that I am currently working with is 1 minute intervals. Will i have to change that to seconds to have this work the way I want it to?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Matthagoras,

To save the output to a text file right-click the Output Window and select Save As.

The output you are showing is showing the bar time and entry time as the same date and time so the timespan between would be 0.

Yes, if you want to measure seconds, the bar type selected in the Data Series window would have to be set to 1 Second.

[Matthagoras]

Thank you for clearing that up. Have a great day