Entry on the Current Bar

[brooksrimes]

When I code EnterLong(1, "Long1"), it always enters on the next bar.

How do I cause an entry to occur on the current bar rather than the next bar? An example would be entering a trade on Mondays (i.e. Time[0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monday).

I could try to workaround by testing for Friday, hoping it will enter on Monday, but if Monday is a holiday, the trade would enter on Tuesday which is undesirable.

I do understand that you have to be careful on entering on the current bar that you don't use information that you would not normally have until after the bar closes.

Brooks

[NinjaTrader_Tim]

Hi brooksrimes,

What is your CalculateOnBarClose setting?

For this, it should be false.

[brooksrimes]

Hi Tim,

It was true. I changed it to false and reran the test. Still is entering on the following bar/day.

What else could I do?

Brooks

[NinjaTrader_Tim]

Hi brooksrimes,

Is this during backtesting? If so, the behavior is expected, as the calculation are only done at the close of each bar.

More info at - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...TimeVsBacktest

[brooksrimes]

I read the link. It didn't really help here.

It seems like you are saying there is no way to code a backtest to "enter at the open of the current bar". If so, that's quite a restriction. It's easily done on other testing platforms I've used.

Is there a way to code to "enter at the open of the next bar"?

Brooks

[NinjaTrader_Tim]

Hi brooksrimes,

During backtesting, the entry will occur one bar later, since the condition will not be satisfied until the end of the bar.

You add granularity for backtesting purposes.
More info at - http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...ead.php?t=6652