Automated trading

[2014Michael]

Good morning all,

Live working strategy will open positions whenever conditions are met. How it’s possible in NT 8 to make strategy STOP working after opening and closing only one position, so I will put it back on manually after some time. Or just take a break for like 3 minutes and continue work normally after that?
Thank you
Michael

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello 2014Michael,

Thank you for your post.

It is in fact possible to stop the strategy from trading. Below is a basic example:

		private bool IsTrading = false;
		protected override void OnStateChange()
		{
			if (State == State.SetDefaults)
			{
				Name										= "ExampleStopStrategyAfterOneTrade";
			}
		}

		protected override void OnBarUpdate()
		{
			// Only trade on realtime data
			// This means no historical trading (backtests) will occur
			if (State <= State.Historical) return;
			
			// check if we have already submitted an entry and if that entry was filled
			// You can include any exit conditions here
			if (IsTrading && Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
			{
				ExitLong();
				// We don't set IsTrading back to false here as we want the strategy to stop trading
				// If you want the strategy to pick up trades later you can use a condition and then set the IsTrading bool to false
			}
			// If we are not in a trade and have not taken a trade then place an entry
			if (!IsTrading)
			{
				EnterLong();
				// Now we set the bool to true to indicate we have placed an entry
				IsTrading = true;
			}
		}

If you would like to take a look a time filter condition please visit the following links:

• https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...ead.php?t=5787
• https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...ead.php?t=3226

Please let me know if you have any questions.

[2014Michael]

Thank you Patrick H. Let my see how it works.
Sincerely,
Michael