Print statements in Output window do not match info in Strategy Analyzer

[Vypre]

Hi, I'm new to NinjaTrader (and to trading as well) and just started dabbling in NinjaScript. Following an online tutorial, I've written a simple strategy for testing. Here's what I have in the OnBarUpdate() function:

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
	var sma1 = SMA(10);
	var sma2 = SMA(20);
	/* Enter a long position if 10 SMA crosses above 20 SMA within the last bar */
	if (CrossAbove(sma1, sma2, 1)) {
		/* Debug messages, to NinjaTrader output window */
		var msg = string.Format("Entering Long. SMA1 = {0}, SMA2 = {1}", sma1[0], sma2[0] );
		Print(msg);
		EnterLong();
	}
}

When I ran this strategy in the Strategy Analyzer, here's what I see in the Output screen:


And here's what I see under "Orders($)" in the Strategy Analyzer screen:


There seems to be a mismatch; the Output screen shows that EnterLong() was called 5 times, yet under "Orders($)" it shows that there were only 2 Buy Market orders. Shouldn't there be 5 Buy Market orders as well? Could you explain on this?

Greatly appreciate your help on this, and sorry if this is a newbie question.

[NinjaTrader_AlanP]

Hello Vypre,

Thank you for your note.

This is due to using the managed approach, which you can read about at the the following section in our helpguide,

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?managed_approach.htm

You could uniquely name each EnterLong call, for example EnterLong("LongA",1); EnterLong("LongB",1);, then set entryhandling to Unique Entries, which will allow 5 entries to be submitted in the same block.

You should see Entries Per Direction and EntryHandling sections of our helpguide,

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?entriesperdirection.htm

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?entryhandling.htm

Please let us know if you need further assistance.

[Vypre]

Ok I see, great I will check out the links and info. Thanks!