Strategy deployment for Micro Futures

[im197]

Hello,

I have backtested a strategy for the ES futures and would like to deploy to the micro ES. However the data history for the micro future is still very short.

I have considered the idea of adding the MES as an extra data series via the command

AddDataSeries("MES 06-19", Data.BarsPeriodType.Minute, 240, Data.MarketDataType.Last);

and then submitting the order as

EnterLong (1, lots , "L1");

However, I do not seem to be making any trades when I backtest even for the short period that MES has been active.

What am I doing wrong?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello im197,

Use prints and trace orders to understand the behavior of your script.

Below is a link to a forum post that demonstrates using prints to understand behavior.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-7/strategy-development-aa/99209-date-conditions-not-working?p=791121#post791121

Are you finding the condition is evaluating as true?

Is the order being ignored?

Please let me know if you would like assistance analyzing the output.