Conditional and Partial Exit End of Day

[Aspirant]

Hi Guys,

I understand that if I want to be flat at the end of the day I can place the following in my Script.
ExitOnClose = true;

My problem is that I want to be flat at the end of the day if certain conditions are met, otherwise I would only like to exit part of the position at the end of the day.

Sadly, because of NT's defective CEP if I use the following condition NT doesn't exit until the following open, which is not what I want.
if (BarsArray[0].LastBarOfSession)
ExitLong...

What I'm trying to avoid is having to put the session close times for every market into the script to compensate for this crippling limitation. Any ideas? Does NT8 handle this better?

Is there a way to enquire about the "SecondLastBarOfSession" as NT seems unable to execute an action on the same bar the event occurs? Once again, is this something NT8 does?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Aspirant,

I'm not quite sure what you are referring to as CEP. Can you detail what this is any why you think this is defective.

You are correct, the last bar on a chart will not close until there is a tick to open the new bar. So the last bar of the session will not close until the new session opens. This is by design.

Bars.LastBarOfSession is not documented and was not meant to be used in a script, but I can look further into this and see how this should be used if you like.

As far as making sure you are flat at the end of the day, I would suggest using the Bars.Session.NextEndTime in a strategy that runs on each tick. If the time is approaching the end of your session manage your orders as you like. Flatten or scale out as you please.
http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...t7/session.htm