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[Ziklag]

In reference to Post #13 (above):- How do I prevent the strategy from confusing "Historical Positions" with "Live Positions;" you suggest that I fix this by removing the strategy - then how shall I use the strategy once removed? I have tried deploying the strategy on a different instrument (one I've not used before) but the problem persists.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello Ziklag,

Thanks for your reply.

The strategy does not confuse historical with live, it simply processes your strategy according to how you wrote it, and when applied to historical data is will perform those historical trades up to the moment where live data is and is the last historical trade has not finished the strategy name will be yellow, once the last historical trade closes (based on your strategy exit conditions), the strategy color will turn green and live trades will occur.

There are 3 ways to deal with this situation:
1) Do nothing and wait until the strategy reaches the exit conditions which will close the last historical position and then the strategy will place live trades.
2) Change the strategy Start-up behavior from "wait until flat" to something else, please see the help guide here: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help..._positions.htm
3) Add a condition to your entry sets that will allow the strategy to "skip" historical data.

The condition would be:
left side: Misc>CurrentState
Center: Equals
Right side: Misc>state RealTime

Note: By adding that condition to your strategy entry sets, there will be no historical trades show/performed. If you apply the strategy to the strategy analyzer, this would prevent the analyzer from performing the analysis (unless you first remove the conditions).

[Ziklag]

I need help, the strategy is all green but, still, not signalling. See attached.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello Ziklag,

Thanks for your reply.

You need to set the "lookback" for the crossover to 1 instead of 0.

Please change to 1 and retest.

[Ziklag]

I've just done that ..., no success.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello Ziklag,

Thanks for your reply.

How are you testing your strategy?

On a live chart?

On a live chart but looking at historical data?

In the Strategy Analyzer (historical data only)?

On playback with Market replay data?

[Ziklag]

I am testing on a Live Chart ...

[Ziklag]

But SMA is arguably the simplest of trading strategies ..., it's just that I am completely new to this platform and coding as a whole. My question is why don't you support me with a step-by-step guide of what would work?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello Ziklag,

Thanks for your reply.

We provide free online webinars, recorded webinars, the help guide and assistance by e-mail or on the support forums. I've already provided all of these to you.

Even though we typically do not provide step by step assistance, did you create the step by step strategy I posted for you to test with on post #15?

Please note that if you are using a live chart, keep in mind that the right edge bar is the only live bar and the bars to the left are historical. Historical trades are not made on tick by tick data rather they are made on the candle data of Open, High, Low or close. Historically the GetCurrentAsk and GetCurrentBid will be the close data of the bar. If you are looking at historical trades then i suggest that you use price low crossing below the SMA.

[Ziklag]

In Post #15 you said: “In addition, you will need to create an int variable in the inputs and variables section, call it LongEntryBar (or whatever you like).” So …, this goes under ‘variables’ within the ‘Input and Variables’ section – am I right? What 'Default' value do I assign it and what do I consider in assigning it any value? See attached.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello Ziklag,

Thanks for your reply.

Correct, you create variables on the input and variables page.

What default you assign a variable depends on its use, sorry I cannot be more definitive than that. In this specific case, you can leave it as 1 or set it to zero, it does not matter because eventually the variable is assigned a value.

[Ziklag]

You have said typically you do not provide step by step support. Does this forum got freelance support vendors or is there somewhere I can turn to?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello Ziklag,

Thanks for your reply.

We can provide a link to 3rd party programmers in the Ninjatrader Ecosystem that can provide programming services to create whatever you like if this is of interest.

[Ziklag]

Yes, I asked for whereabouts of programming services ..., may have the link then - thanks.

[NinjaTrader_ThomasC]

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Thank you for your post.

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