Can you program OrderEntry commands in a loop or only in explicit code

[Vladja]

Hi Ninja,

I would like my strategy to place multiple order entries at certain increments within a certain price range.

Now, I can go ahead and code these order entry lines one by one with all the specific order prices and signal names etc, but is there also a way to do it in a loop?

I want to do something similar to the below code, but sofar the strategy analyzer keeps hanging in the loop and does not execute a single order:

             
// Set 1
            if (Longs == true)
            {    
                 while (StopPrice >= StartRange && StopPrice <= EndRange)
                {    
                    StopPrice = StartRange + OrderIncrement;
                    EnterLongStopMarket(Convert.ToInt32(DefaultQuantity), StopPrice, StopPrice.ToString());
                }
            }

Is this way of coding at all possible (order entry in loops)?
Hope you can help,

Cheers,
Vladja

[NinjaTrader_AlanP]

Hello Vladja,

Thank you for your note.

On each loop the same order is going to submitted, as the signal name remains the same. To have a new order created on each loop, you would need to modify the signalName.

One way you could do this would be to use a for loop, and pass i to the signalName, making it unique on each loop.

for(int i=0; i<3; i++)
 EnterLongStopMarket(Convert.ToInt32(DefaultQuantity), StopPrice, [B]i.ToString()[/B]+StopPriceToString());

Please let us know if you need further assistance.