tick replay

[tradykat]

I've reviewed the main documentation page about tick replay, however I'm not clear about the following statement from that page:

"Tick Replay is not intended to function in NinjaScript strategy backtests, and will not provide the same results as running a strategy on live data with Tick Replay enabled."

If I understand correctly, this means that I can achieve more precise strategy testing in simulator using live market data if I enable tick replay. Is this correct?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello tradykat,

This just means that TickReplay is not used for fill prices.

TickReplay is not used with real-time data, this is only use for historical data. No, you cannot achieve more precise testing using live market data if you enabled TickReplay.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/tick_replay.htm

It can still be used to trigger indicators (and bar prices) to update with Calculate.OnEachTick or Calculate.OnPriceChange and can be used in conjunction with 1 tick intra-bar granularity.

Below is a link to a forum post where I have details on this.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/strategy-development/94098-isfirsttickofbar-vs-onbarclose-for-backtest-live?p=773377#post773377