Order not executed on start of daily bars

[klaus w]

Hi,
there is an issue with executing orders on daily bars.
I am using daily bars which are build from minute bars. The setting is 1440 minutes for the daily bar. Break at EOD is also set to true.

If you run the attached strategy you will see an message like this in the NS Output:
16.12.2019 23:00:00 Strategy 'StartOfDayTradingTest/251632721': Entered internal SubmitOrderManaged() method at 16.12.2019 23:00:00: BarsInProgress=0 Action=Buy OrderType=Market Quantity=1 LimitPrice=0 StopPrice=0 SignalName='L' FromEntrySignal=''
16.12.2019 23:00:00 Strategy 'StartOfDayTradingTest/251632721': Cancelled order due to end of session handling: BarsInProgress=0, orderId='NT-00245-304' account='Sim101' name='L' orderState=Working instrument='ES 03-22' orderAction=Buy orderType='Market' limitPrice=0 stopPrice=0 quantity=1 tif=Gtc oco='' filled=0 averageFillPrice=0 onBehalfOf='' id=-1 time='2019-12-16 23:00:00' gtd='2099-12-01' statementDate='2021-12-22'

That means that the order got cancelled before it was executed on the "internal market". I think there is no reason why it is not executed. The EOD should come AFTER the execution signal at the beginning of the bar.

If you add the 1 minute data series and use the code in the comments, it will work perfectly. Although the signal is generated 1 minute after opening.

My suggestion is to modify the back test logic and let the signal at the beginning of the day be executed.

Thanks,
Klaus

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello klaus w,

Thank you for your post.

During a backtest you can select conservative or liberal fill algorithms which will produce different results. Fills are determined based on 4 data points, OHLC of a bar since that is the only information that is known during a backtest and there will be no intra-bar data. This means actions cannot happen intra-bar, fills cannot happen intra-bar. All prices and actions come from and occur when the bar closes as this is all the information that is known.

Because of this, OnBarUpdate will only update 'On bar close' as it does not have the intra-bar information necessary for 'On price change' or 'On each tick'.

Also, here is a link to the differences on real-time vs backtest (historical).
http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...ime_vs_bac.htm

Adding intra-bar granularity can help with this as you've seen adding the 1 minute series to your script. However, keep in mind that even with that 1 minute series added, if the order is triggered on that first minute bar it will actually be placed on the second since that too can only run OnBarClose.

So basically what's occurring without adding that intrabar granularity with the minute series is that the order is generated when the daily bar closes, and is immediately cancelled since that would hit the close at end of day logic. Adding the intrabar granularity would be necessary for it to function as you'd expect.

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.