If OnBarUpdate is NEVER called...

[sledge]

Say I'm in a strategy, and it's thinly traded. I enter a position.

Nothing trades.

How do I get out with market order say in like 5 minutes since OnBarUpdate would never called?

No bars are generated if there is no trade, right? (I've seen this before, please correct me if I am wrong).

I've been thinking about this for a while...

[koganam]

Say I'm in a strategy, and it's thinly traded. I enter a position.

Nothing trades.

How do I get out with market order say in like 5 minutes since OnBarUpdate would never called?

No bars are generated if there is no trade, right? (I've seen this before, please correct me if I am wrong).

I've been thinking about this for a while...

That is why the gurus tell us not to trade thinly traded stocks!

You just get out and take your lumps. On a thin stock you MUST buy at the ask and you will be forced to sell at the bid, thus giving up the bid/ask spread for the privilege of holding the stock for those 5 minutes. Of course, on a thin stock, the bid/ask spread is a chasm. The market makers are already licking their chops as soon as they see you log on. Oops.

[borland]

Good point. I remember a year or so ago, when the Nasdaq Composite index went dead for the last hour of trading.

It would be nice to have a ninjascript call to handle events not tied to market data.

Besides OnBarUpdate() method call, there's also...

OnFundamentalData()
OnMarketData()
OnMarketDepth()
OnStartUp()
OnTermination()

I doubt one of those calls would help in your situation.

[borland]

Oh, I found something in Ninjascript Library...

TriggerCustomEvent()

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/triggercustomevent.htm

[sledge]

Good point. I remember a year or so ago, when the Nasdaq Composite index went dead for the last hour of trading.

It would be nice to have a ninjascript call to handle events not tied to market data.

Besides OnBarUpdate() method call, there's also...

OnFundamentalData()
OnMarketData()
OnMarketDepth()
OnStartUp()
OnTermination()

I doubt one of those calls would help in your situation.

I would also like to see :

OnConnectionLost()

This would lead to advanced Handling to Connections... which would allow me to programmatically try to reconnect to connection #1 (zenfire), #2 TDA, determine what connection is bad (both Zenfire or TDA).. is it total internet loss? (then shutdown strategy, etc).. if not, send email to myself.. etc.

Maybe even programmatic callbacks, like if 5 minutes is up, then call my call back, so it would be an actual 5 minutes... and not related to OnBarUpdate...

[sledge]

Oh, I found something in Ninjascript Library...

TriggerCustomEvent()

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...ustomevent.htm

Mmmmmmmmmm... thanks!

[koganam]

I would also like to see :

OnConnectionLost()

This would lead to advanced Handling to Connections... which would allow me to programmatically try to reconnect to connection #1 (zenfire), #2 TDA, determine what connection is bad (both Zenfire or TDA).. is it total internet loss? (then shutdown strategy, etc).. if not, send email to myself.. etc.

Maybe even programmatic callbacks, like if 5 minutes is up, then call my call back, so it would be an actual 5 minutes... and not related to OnBarUpdate...

It is there! Just that it is called OnConnectionStatus(). To determine if the connection is lost, you want ConnectionStatus.ConnectionLost. Tee hee.

[sledge]

You can slap me around with a wet fish.

It is there! Just that it is called OnConnectionStatus(). To determine if the connection is lost, you want ConnectionStatus.ConnectionLost. Tee hee.