first bar of the chart

[tradereight]

hello

is there a method to say on first closed bar of the chart (so entire timeframe not just today) a strategy should trigger something?

Regards
tradereight

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Hi tradereight, you can use CurrentBar for this - the left most bar on the chart will be number 0 - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...urrentBar.html

[tradereight]

backtest

the current bar method does not seam to works for backtest

if i make a simple strategy to enter short at the first bar

if (CurrentBar == 0) {
EnterShort(DefaultQuantity, "short");}

there are no historical trades.

the reason why i want to do is: i want to use the barssinceexit function so my strategy does not make so many trades (but barssinceexit obviously requires a first "fake" trade, otherwise no position will ever be opened)

Hi tradereight, you can use CurrentBar for this - the left most bar on the chart will be number 0 - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...urrentBar.html

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

It works on my end here - what is your 'Min bars required' setting? If you set this to the default of 20, the first real bar the strategy uses will be CurrentBar == 20;

[tradereight]

now it works

oh i forgot that, thx now it works!!

It works on my end here - what is your 'Min bars required' setting? If you set this to the default of 20, the first real bar the strategy uses will be CurrentBar == 20;

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Good to hear!