time based order entry

[stewarco]

Hello. I'm currently working in Unmanaged framework. Based on various signals, the strategy generates buys or sells, and each order effectively has a stop and profit target associated with it. However, I would like to add a condition such that if after a given amount of time the stop or profit target hasn't been hit, then I close that particular trade. For example,suppose I buy one unit. If after 24 periods the stop or profit target hasn't been reached, then I would like to sell that unit. Does anyone have any examples of this?

[NinjaTrader_AlanP]

Hello stewarco,

Thank you for your note.

What you could do is save the current bar plus 24 to a variable when you enter a position, then later in the script check if the current bar is greater than that variable, and if so exit the position.

I’ve put together a snippet of how you could do this in the managed approach, to do this in the unmanaged approach you’d just swap the managed order methods with the unmanaged order methods.

Please let us know if you need further assistance.

[koganam]

Hello. I'm currently working in Unmanaged framework. Based on various signals, the strategy generates buys or sells, and each order effectively has a stop and profit target associated with it. However, I would like to add a condition such that if after a given amount of time the stop or profit target hasn't been hit, then I close that particular trade. For example,suppose I buy one unit. If after 24 periods the stop or profit target hasn't been reached, then I would like to sell that unit. Does anyone have any examples of this?

BarsSinceEntryExecution()?

ref: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...yexecution.htm