Enter Orders not from OnBarUpdate()

[appleseed]

If I don't want to enter a trade order EnterLong() in OnBarUpdate(), can I enter the EnterLong() in other places, such as MyCustomeHandler() which is checked every 1 second?

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello appleseed,

Yes, you can place orders other than OnBarUpdate() but not necessarily every place in your script. You need to check that the order methods are available within the scope you're trying to place them. You can see the following sample for help placing orders outside OnBarUpdate()

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=7499

[appleseed]

Ryan,

Here you provided another good example of event driven method, or OnExecution(). So I assume other similar places such as OnMarketDepth() should be fine too?

Also when you said "to check that the order methods are available within the scope", how do I make sure this is indeed in the scope?

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

You only need to check that EnterLong(); and other order methods compiles successfully within your custom event.