How to set EnterLimit lifetime

[edstaffin]

Hi,
Could someone show me the code for doing the following steps?
1. EnterLimitLong/short
2. If the order is not filled within 1 bar's time then cancel the order.
Thanks ... Ed

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello edstaffin,

Thanks for your post.

Are you doing this with the strategy wizard?

If so, by default orders will have liveUntilCancelled as false. This means they will automatically cancel when the bar closes. To keep them alive, they must be called (and ignored) on each new bar.

This means that the condition that creates the order will have to no longer be true for the order to cancel. But once the entry condition is not true the order will automatically be cancelled.


Or to just prevent the order from being kept alive on the next bar even if your conditions for entry are true you would need to set a variable that prevents the order from being placed on the next bar (and then reset on the next bar).

Attached is an example of using variables to not submit an entry when the entry conditions are true on the next bar.

[edstaffin]

So if I understand correctly, if I do a EnterShortLimit(), by default, it cancels itself after one bar? Even if I don't use the overload that explcityly sets LiveUntilCancelled?
Thanks ... Ed

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hi Ed,

That is correct. By default, liveUntilCancelled is false.
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...rlonglimit.htm

The trick is not submitting the order again on the new bar.