Actions to be taken once only v 'real-time' actions

[arbuthnot]

Hi guys

I need to have some actions taken once and once only when my main Strategy script is activated. The remaining actions (with COBC = true) are to done on each real time bar close.

I’ve never attempted this before but have done some research and I’d really appreciate confirmation that the following is the best way of achieving this:

protected override void OnStartUp()
{
Conditions for ‘once only’

{ 'once only' actions }

}

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{

Conditions for ‘each new real-time bar’

{ 'real-time' actions }

}

If this won’t work or if there’s a better way of doing this, thanks very much in advance for letting me know.

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Hello arbuthnot,

Thank you for your note.

That should work just fine.

The OnStartUp() will be called after all the data has been loaded in the background and will only get called once.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[arbuthnot]

Thanks very much for your prompt reply, Cal.

I'll give it a go and if there's something that doesn't seem to work in this regard, I'll post back to this thread.

Cheers.