Entering at Median Price

[Teebone21]

In Strategy Builder I am attempting to enter a medial price instead of bid, ask or close but even though the strategy is a simple crossover of two average, it skips 90%of orders. Is there a way to fix this ? Also I am entering using limit orders

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello Teebone21,

Thanks for your question.

It sounds like you are submitting the limit order when there is a crossover, but the order is getting cancelled on the next bar. The Strategy Builder will generate Managed Approach code that requires limit/stop market/stop limit order methods to be called again with each bar update to keep the order alive.

You could consider using a boolean variable (created in Inputs and Variables) that you can set to true when the cross occurs, and then another condition that checks if the bool is true, and if it is, submit your limit order. You can then create another logical condition that will set this bool back to false when you do not want this order to be submitted.

We look forward to assisting.

[Teebone21]

Hello Teebone21,

Thanks for your question.

It sounds like you are submitting the limit order when there is a crossover, but the order is getting cancelled on the next bar. The Strategy Builder will generate Managed Approach code that requires limit/stop market/stop limit order methods to be called again with each bar update to keep the order alive.

You could consider using a boolean variable (created in Inputs and Variables) that you can set to true when the cross occurs, and then another condition that checks if the bool is true, and if it is, submit your limit order. You can then create another logical condition that will set this bool back to false when you do not want this order to be submitted.

We look forward to assisting.

thanks I will try

[Teebone21]

Hello Teebone21,

Thanks for your question.

It sounds like you are submitting the limit order when there is a crossover, but the order is getting cancelled on the next bar. The Strategy Builder will generate Managed Approach code that requires limit/stop market/stop limit order methods to be called again with each bar update to keep the order alive.

You could consider using a boolean variable (created in Inputs and Variables) that you can set to true when the cross occurs, and then another condition that checks if the bool is true, and if it is, submit your limit order. You can then create another logical condition that will set this bool back to false when you do not want this order to be submitted.

We look forward to assisting.

would it be possible for you to send me a quick video of how to accomplish this. I am still fairly new

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello Teebone21,

I have included a demonstration for creating a bool and using it to control when a limit order should be submitted.

Demo - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-3P...w?usp=drivesdk

If you have not seen our educational resources on the Strategy Builder, please see below.

Strategy Builder 301 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KQF2Sv27oE

Conditions examples —https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...on_builder.htm

Actions examples — https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...us/actions.htm

We look forward to assisting.

[Teebone21]

Hello Teebone21,

I have included a demonstration for creating a bool and using it to control when a limit order should be submitted.

Demo - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-3P...w?usp=drivesdk

If you have not seen our educational resources on the Strategy Builder, please see below.

Strategy Builder 301 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KQF2Sv27oE

Conditions examples —https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...on_builder.htm

Actions examples — https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...us/actions.htm

We look forward to assisting.

Thank you for your assistance Jim. I forgot to add I need to Make Heiken Ashi the primary data series. Is this possible in strategy builder or do i have to unlock code ?

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello Teebone21,

The primary data series is the data series we apply the script to. No additional changes would be necessary to have the strategy run on Heiken Ashi bars other than setting the data series to Heiken Ashi when you are setting up the strategy.

Note that with historical backtesting, the OHLC values of the next bar are used to simulate order fills. Heiken Ashi bars create fake values, so this can make backtesting results skewed. Also with the BarsType, the developing values with realtime data are rounded and recirculated in the BarsType's calculation.

When using Heiken Ashi in a strategy, I suggest using an indicator instead of the BarsType.

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/user-app-share-download/heiken-ashi-8/

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We look forward to assisting.