Execution only algo

[jmahon]

Hi there Ninja community

I have an algo i made in the ninja trader strategy builder. I am trying to use it to execute my orders for me. its not a profitable strategy just a tool for executing orders. My problem is when i run it live it has virtual positions already open. How can i reset it so it starts trading for real again? other wise i have to wait for the virtual positions to clear which could take forever.

Thanks in advance for any help
Jack.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello jmahon,

Thanks for your post.

In NinjaTrader8, to prevent the historical data/trades from being processed you can have the code "return" if it processing historical data.

In OnBarUpdate() you can add:

if (State == State.Historical) return; // do not process your code below this line if historical

Please note that this means you would not be able to run backtests in the strategy analyzer. You may want to create a user input that allows you to turn on or off historical trades by enabling (or not) the above code line.

Reference: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...nt8/?state.htm

[jmahon]

Hello jmahon,

Thanks for your post.

In NinjaTrader8, to prevent the historical data/trades from being processed you can have the code "return" if it processing historical data.

In OnBarUpdate() you can add:

if (State == State.Historical) return; // do not process your code below this line if historical

Please note that this means you would not be able to run backtests in the strategy analyzer. You may want to create a user input that allows you to turn on or off historical trades by enabling (or not) the above code line.

Reference: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...nt8/?state.htm

Thanks for your help Paul, so this cannot be done in the strategy builder? I have to unlock the code?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello jmahon,

Thanks for your reply.

Sorry, I missed that you were using the Strategy Builder.

Yes, you can do something similar by creating the condition (in each entry set) Left side Misc>Current state, center Equals, right side Misc>State>Real time

[jmahon]

Hello jmahon,

Thanks for your reply.

Sorry, I missed that you were using the Strategy Builder.

Yes, you can do something similar by creating the condition (in each entry set) Left side Misc>Current state, center Equals, right side Misc>State>Real time

Amazing! thank you very much Paul