Trading at the Bid or Ask Price

[jtfancher]

I have tried everything I can think to create a strategy that enters a trade using the BID or ASK price as a reference to another variable. In a simple example, buy this bar when the Bid price > EMA of 1 bar ago. 5 pip profit target, 10 pip stop. I can't get it to trade and I don't think I've ever had the BID or ASK work as a trigger. I am using the Wizard.

Please help! Thx.

[NinjaTrader_Matthew]

jtfancher,

Thank you for your post.

Are you having issues with this strategy method in real-time? Or is this during historical backtesting?

Have you used TraceOrders = True in your Initialize method to track down why the order might not be submitting?

If not, please run this in real-time and let me know what errors are printed to the output window:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?traceorders.htm

[jtfancher]

Matthew - this is in real time.

[NinjaTrader_Matthew]

Hello,

Did you run TraceOrders = true?

What did it output to the output window?

[jtfancher]

where do I find this Matthew? Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Matthew]

Hello,

Please see the following thread on running TraceOrders:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3627

You will want to add this to your code and run it in real-time.

You can open the output window by going to Tools--> Output window.

This should give you more information as to why these orders might not be submitting. If you're unable to interrupt the errors reported, please post those here and I can take a look.

[koganam]

I have tried everything I can think to create a strategy that enters a trade using the BID or ASK price as a reference to another variable. In a simple example, buy this bar when the Bid price > EMA of 1 bar ago. 5 pip profit target, 10 pip stop. I can't get it to trade and I don't think I've ever had the BID or ASK work as a trigger. I am using the Wizard.

Please help! Thx.

What is the line of code you are using to enter the order?