Order Time Delay for Simulated/Paper Trading

[traderUS]

Hello NinjaTrader,

When I place live trades, based on the order trace log, there is a ~300-400 millisecond delay between order enter and order fill. However, when I use the backtest, there is an almost immediate fill. Is there a feature that I could enable in sim/paper trading that simulates the true/live time delay between order enter and order fill? I could probably program this delay into my script, but I think this would be a great feature to add.

Thank you,
traderUS

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello traderUS,

Thank you for your reply.

There is already a delay built into the Sim101 account when it is used for simulated trading on real time data.

Slippage can be added to your order fills to help mimic real market conditions. The value is expressed in "ticks", the minimum value of fluctuation for an instrument, and is only applied to market, stop-market and Market-if-touched orders. NinjaTrader will add the slippage to each order however you cannot have more slippage then the high/low price of the next bar. This may help your backtests be more accurate to fill conditions on a live account.

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