5 seconds

[eleven]

I have "CalculateOnBarClose = true" in my strategy as well as the UI. My orders seem to occur approximately 5 or 6 seconds before close of bar. I also have the buy/sell orders nested within "BarsInProgress == 0".

This does not amount to anything significant but I'm curious as to why/how this occurs. Any ideas?

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

If you are running a strategy with CalculateOnBarClose set to true, then this is executing at the close of the bar. Is it possible that you are measure the close of a bar against your PC clock and your PC clock might be ahead by 5 or 6 seconds?

[eleven]

Thanks Ray for the reply. Thats what I thought for a while but I am using "DateTime.Now" in my sendmail method upon order entry so something seems amiss unless "DateTime.Now" uses my PC clock. It is the "DateTime.Now" time that I am referring to and not the time the email was sent.

Also, when I backtest this strategy the order entrys reflect the open of the next bar (as expected upon bar close), when run real time the orders reflect close of current bar albiet 5 seconds to go to the open of the next bar to mirror the backtesting result.

Although 5 or 6 seconds doesn't really matter, I don't quite understand why this is occuring.

Does "DateTime.Now" use my PC clock?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

eleven, this is correct - DateTime.Now is your PC clock, so best would be to sync it up with an Internet time server and recheck the issue.

[eleven]

Thanks Ray and Bertrand for the prompt replies.