Historical Order Processing

[londonwala]

Hi,
I need to place a historical order at some certain point, for example
CurrentBar = Bars.Count - 5

I increase the number of days to 1000, set MaximumBarsLookBack to "Infinite" and use this condition for the historical processing
protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
if(Historical)
{
if(CurrentBar == Bars.Count - 500)
{
EnterLong();
}
}
}

It doesnt take the historical position. Is there any other property I need to set to make this work?
Thanks

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Hello Iondonwala,

Thank you for your post and welcome to the forums!

I tested the logic our and it does appear to work on my end.

Can you please add TraceOrders = true; to your Initialize() method and open Tools -> Output window and run the strategy?

[londonwala]

Output is
26/03/2015 19:38:00 Entered internal PlaceOrder() method at 26/03/2015 19:38:00: BarsInProgress=0 Action=Buy OrderType=Market Quantity=1 LimitPrice=0 StopPrice=0 SignalName='' FromEntrySignal=''

Strategy is not showing any position. Also Data Series Value is 1 Minute time frame bars.

I also have tried to use

if(Time[0].Year == 2015 && Time[0].Month == 03 && Time[0].Day == 25 &&
Time[0].Hour == 10 && Time[0].Minute == 0)
{
EnterLong();
}

It doesnt work either.

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Iondonwala,

Are you running this strategy from the Strategies Tab or Chart?

If the strategy is in a historical position it will not show on the Strategies tab of the Control Center. This will only show live positions. You can view the strategy performance of the strategy to see where the order was entered in at.

Right click on the strategy -> Strategy performance -> Historical

[londonwala]

It is working now. I set Exit on Close = false.
Many Thanks,