Simple Entry for Testing

[NinexTim]

I'm just getting started creating strategies. I was trying to write an entry that would get hit very quickly to help speed up my learning curve. That way I can play with writing profit target and stop loss code and get an idea of what is happening. The entry code I wrote for a Long is
close[0] > close[1]
Which I read as if the current close is greater than the previous close, then I have LongEntry().
Shouldn't this get filled almost immediately after closing a position?

Thanks, Tim

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Tim, welcome to our forums - it would trigger immediately for an uptick in realtime if you used the strategy with CalculateOnBarClose = false -

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/CalculateOnBarClose1.html

In backtesting this is always set to 'true', as the indicator formation is not known, thus the condition would generate a long entry for each up bar according to your definition.