Order Handling in Backtest

[8DTK8]

What does "Unique Entries" do when it is changed from "All Entries" when the Backtest window is open?

Also, I remember there being an option to dictate long only or short only for a particular strategy. I don't know why but I can't find it any more. The question above is a result of trying to find it in the Order Handling section of the Backtest window.

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

EntryHandling determines how many entries per direction you can have simultaneously. If you have EntriesPerDirection set to 1 with EntryHandling set to AllEntries that means you can literally only have 1 long position at a time. If you had EntriesPerDirection set to 1 but with EntryHandling set to UniqueEntries you can have two separate long entries with different signal names and they can both be long at the same time. Each signal will be able to go in once.

I don't know of any option to dictate long or short only. You will need to dictate this in your code.