Entry Time

[Sandra73]

Hello
I would like to entry a trade between 1-3 seconds (Random) after the close of the bar. My strategy generates orders on Bar Update. How can I do this? Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello Sandra73,

Thank you for your note.

You could start a timer when a bar closes and you want to submit an order, generate a random number between 1-3, then have the timer count up that many seconds.

You could then have the timer submit the order when count reaches the random number, however, this would only work in realtime. If you wanted something like that in historical you would have to work with a 1 second data series to achieve that.

An example of a timer may be found in this example from our help guide:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/using_custom_events_to_output_.htm

A fairly good example of creating a random numbers is available here:

https://www.tutorialsteacher.com/articles/generate-random-numbers-in-csharp

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