Is it possible to make a trade happen at the open?

[joemiller]

On my strategy analyzer day bar chart it appears that, when the analyzer is directed to buy or sell, the trade does not occur until the open of the following day. Is it possible to make it happen at the open of the same day instead of the open of the following day?

I tried switching 'CalculateOnBarClose' but that did not help. Seems like it makes sense in the real trading world and seems like it could be done within NT...but of course I fully understand there can be many reasons why it would be illogical to do so. I just want to understand why.

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

You would be able to do this if CalculateOnBarClose was set to false, however as you have pointed out this would only work in real time.

If you want a trade to trigger at the open you will have to determine a few things first

1. Do you need to be able to backtest this, or only run it in real time?
2. what information do you need to calculate this data. Specifically do you need data from the day that is being entered on?

If you want to backtest you would need a multi time frame script:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=6652

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=6652

Most of the time when I hear this question it's because someone is trying to enter at the close of a day and it's not entering until the open of the following. In your case if you're entering an open of a bar to late there might be some internal logic that needs to be changed to read values from the bar earlier.

[joemiller]

I have somehow managed to get two threads going on the same subject.
Below is a reply I just sent to Patrick and Kogamon on the same subject at http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=59931&goto=newpost


I apologize. You guys are knocking yourselves out trying to help me and I have confused the issue.

My simulation objective is:
At Forex EOD [5:00PM EDT] I have an indicator value. At next day Forex opening [5:15PM EDT] I enter either long or short depending on whether the opening is above or below that indicator value.

My simulation problem is:
The Analyzer applies the trade one bar later [24 hours later for day bars, 1 minute later for minute bars, etc.]

My question is:
Is there a means within NT whereby I can eliminate the one bar trade delay?