Bollinger Poke in Strategy Builder

[Radano]

How to properly put a lower Bollinger price poke condition into the Strategy Builder and make a market buy order on the poke ?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Radano,

What are you meaning by price poke?

Do you mean the current Close price is crossing the Bollinger lower plot?

Below I am providing a link to a forum post with helpful information about getting started with NinjaScript. Be sure to watch the Strategy Builder 301 training video.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/indicator-development/97575-sample-scripts?p=786040#post786040

[Radano]

Chelsea,
Yes the poke is when the price goes below the BB lower plot, however I wanted to do this the way that market order is originated at the moment when the price goes below lower BB plot versus when a candle closes below the plot. And I wouldn’t like to use two time frames in order to do it.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Radano,

In real-time you can use the Calculate OnPriceChange setting to trigger OnBarUpdate when the price changes intra-bar instead of using Calculate OnBarClose to trigger OnBarUpdate when the bar closes.
(This is discussed in the Strategy Builder 301 training video)

In historical data, this would require unlocking the code and adding a 1 tick series for accurate order fills and TickReplay to trigger intra-bar events with Calculate.OnPriceChange.

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