Bars ago = "0"?

[Michael1111]

Hi,

Since bar "0" is referring to the current forming bar, And if we want to enter at the close of the candle.

Would this mean we will need to make all our entry criteria based on bar "1", as once the close of the candle is achieved it would have moved from bar "0" to "1"?

Thanks,

Michael Hale

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Correct, run your strategy on CalculateOnBarClose = false and then place 'end of bar' calcs into

 
if (FirstTickOfBar)
{
do on close calcs and reference one bar back further
}

This would then enter on the second tick of the just opend bar...

[borland]

Using FirstTickOfBar() is quite restrictive. Ideally, you would want to write trade strategy programming code that works in both back testing and forward testing, as well as implementation.

With CalculateOnBarClose() set to false, coding conditional statements that trigger an entry or exit using the [1] offset parameter should trigger a buy/sell the 'Open'. This approach also allows including additional conditional statments for intrabar considerations using the [0] offset parameter (such as immediate entry/exits).

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

borland, thanks for the input, unfortunately the tick formation is not known in backtesting (Calculate On Bar close always 'true'), thus you would need to add a more granular series to approximate intrabar fills then - http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/...ead.php?t=6652