Calculate on Bar Close or not?

[Hugo1]

Hi,

I have an simple strategy witch use the SMA to enter a position with a limit oder for the next bar. If i set the Caltulate on BarClose to false I can see that Nijatrader dont calculate the SMA for the current bar.
Here is an example of the Entrylogic:

//Long
if(Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat
&& Trade
&& (ToTime(Time[0])) >= 110000
&& (ToTime(Time[0])) <= 234500
&& Close[0] > Ma[0]
&& Close[0] > Filter[0])
{ EnterLongLimit(Stuck,Instrument.MasterInstrument.R ound2TickSize(Ma[0] - EntryTicks*TickSize*2), "Long");
}

The Backtest is fine but if i run the strategy in Realtime the Entryorders are not alway submitted. Do you think it could be because the Calculate on Bars Close is set to TURE? Would it be better to run such Code like in the example above in Calculate on BarClose = FALSE???

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

It is up to you which one you want to run on. With CalculateOnBarClose = true, you are waiting till the close of the bar to run calculations on it. You are not calculating on the current building bar, but rather the bar that just closed. With CalculateOnBarClose = false, you are processing every single incoming tick on the building bar.

[Hugo1]

So if I run the strategy with onBarClose = false, then I must use the condition
"FirstTickOfBar"? Else will Ninjatrader submitt an Order on every Tick?

In such case I must change such standart Entry like:
Close[0] > Open[0] to Close[1] > Open[1] and then the oder will be submitted on the open of the current bar?
Is this correct?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

If you want it to submit on the open of a bar after calculating the values of the recently closed bar just stick with CalculateOnBarClose = true and use [0].

Otherwise you will need if (FirstTickOfBar) and offsetting your [0] to [1]s to get the recently closed bar.