What Bars does EnterLong() use for market price? What about Ask/Bid?

[stokhastic]

When running back tests, my primary Bars are 1 minute bars with LAST price.
I added 1 tick bars to the data series..

Question 1: Does the 1 tick bars data series use LAST by default? I see a way to specify ASK, BID, or LAST, but I don't know which one is used by default. https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...r_handling.htm

Question 2: When I EnterLong(), is the price that is used the LAST of the primary bars? Wouldn't it make more sense to use the ASK for the Market order when backtesting?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello stokhastic,

Based on the description, that would be the Last price being used.

The platforms input series are very specific as you noted there are ways to specifically choose ask or bid in addition to last data. The series you apply the strategy too will be the series the strategy ultimately uses and also what secondary series would inherit from if it is not specifically said that you want ask or bid data. If the primary is Last data, the secondary series would also use Last data.

When you enter long this will depend on what series called OnBarUpdate at that time. If the primary series called OnBarUpdate, the Primaries Last price would be used / a market order would be submitted and filled around that price. If the secondary called OnBarUpdate, the order would instead submit to the second series which may be Last or whatever you specified for that series.

I look forward to being of further assistance.