Min. Bars Required Question...

[BigDog008]

Hey, got a quick question... hope someone can give me an idea...

I want to add a feature into a strategy i'm designing where from the moment I start trading it, it waits for X number of bars to build prior to entering trades... ie Min Bars Required is 50...

any help would be much appreciated...

Thanks!

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

There already is such a property: http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...Required1.html

[BigDog008]

so I don't have to add it directly to my code? I can just simply set the value from the strategy tab and it'll work?

I tried running a strategy today using 5 minute bars... the results are significantly different than what I got running a simulation after market close using today's data.

Essentially I want to start collecting ticks in 5 minute bars for 75 minutes (15 periods) such that I have 15 periods worth of data to start trading off of when my strategy starts running at 9:30am EST.

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

>> I can just simply set the value from the strategy tab and it'll work?
correct