Possible to use SetStopLoss() on BarsInProgress == 1 ?

[Matheyas5]

Hello NT,

I have a strategy whose BarsInProgress == 0 uses Last data and BarsInProgress == 1 uses Bid data.

Is it possible for me to use SetStopLoss() on BarsInProgress == 1 instead of BarsInProgress == 0 ?

The reason I ask is because I'd like the Stop Loss exits of my long trades to fill at the Bid price rather then the Last price.
This goes for backtesting/optimizing in the Strategy Analyzer and Market Replay (and of course live trading).

Thanks!

[sledge]

This should be something you could test out with ease....

Run 1 test run .....

then Run another test run...assign a local variable with the BID on your OnMarketUpdate ... and your next BarsInProgress will see the latest...

[Matheyas5]

Hi Sledge,

I had done some initial tests before I started this thread and the results suggested it did not seem possible. However, I'm not sure if i just made a mistake somewhere in my code.

I was previously told by Ninjatrader support that this is not possible to do with SetTrailStop() so I'm guessing it might not possible with SetStopLoss() either.

Any thoughts on this NT support?

Thanks.

[koganam]

Hi Sledge,

I had done some initial tests before I started this thread and the results suggested it did not seem possible. However, I'm not sure if i just made a mistake somewhere in my code.

I was previously told by Ninjatrader support that this is not possible to do with SetTrailStop() so I'm guessing it might not possible with SetStopLoss() either.

Any thoughts on this NT support?

Thanks.

No can do. If you want to do that, you might want to consider using Exit...() orders instead.