Strategy with "session begins"

[duck_CA]

when backtesting,
regarding the 89sma using the 1 minute charts and the "session begins" at 9:30est.

seems that the 89sma doesn't have enough bars to be accurate. for example: 8:30est "session begins" will have the 89sma at a different level which makes sense so i would assume that a chart would need to be started at 89minutes before it would be accurate or 8:01est.

how would i go about using a chart that starts at 8:01est and a strategy to start at 9:30est?

[NinjaTrader_RJ]

when backtesting,
regarding the 89sma using the 1 minute charts and the "session begins" at 9:30est.

seems that the 89sma doesn't have enough bars to be accurate. for example: 8:30est "session begins" will have the 89sma at a different level which makes sense so i would assume that a chart would need to be started at 89minutes before it would be accurate or 8:01est.

how would i go about using a chart that starts at 8:01est and a strategy to start at 9:30est?

Hello,

Thank you for your post.

You will have to set a time frame for your strategy, see this reference: http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/...ead.php?t=3226

[duck_CA]

thanks, i can now backtest using a setting of 8:00 for "session begins" while the code below will only trigger trades starting at 9:30

[FONT=Courier New][COLOR=#008000]// Only trade between 9:30 AM and 1:45 PM[/COLOR][/FONT] 
[FONT=Courier New][COLOR=#0000ff]if[/COLOR] (ToTime(Time[0]) >= 93000 && ToTime(Time[0]) <= 134500)[/FONT] 
[FONT=Courier New]{[/FONT] 
[FONT=Courier New][COLOR=#008000]  // Strategy logic goes here[/COLOR][/FONT] 
[FONT=Courier New]}[/FONT]

should this work for trading "live" as well?

[NinjaTrader_RJ]

thanks, i can now backtest using a setting of 8:00 for "session begins" while the code below will only trigger trades starting at 9:30

[FONT=Courier New][COLOR=#008000]// Only trade between 9:30 AM and 1:45 PM[/COLOR][/FONT] 
[FONT=Courier New][COLOR=#0000ff]if[/COLOR] (ToTime(Time[0]) >= 93000 && ToTime(Time[0]) <= 134500)[/FONT] 
[FONT=Courier New]{[/FONT] 
[FONT=Courier New][COLOR=#008000] // Strategy logic goes here[/COLOR][/FONT] 
[FONT=Courier New]}[/FONT]

should this work for trading "live" as well?

-->Correct!