Backtesting Custom Strategy and timezone issues

[mgalal]

Forgot to attach the sample logic tester to share with community.

[jhirsh]

Thank you for this thread. The way the platform handles time is super confusing. I was struggling to figure out why my after hours strategy wouldnt open trades... turns out midnight is some kind of magic time that turns a strategy into a pumpkin if you are doing time comparisons.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello mgalal,

It would be necessary to unlock the script and code by hand. You would need to add a secondary series, such as a 1 minute series to trigger the actions when the 1 minute series closes.

See this post which includes an example of intra-bar granularity.

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