What is wrong with this code?

[psangram]

Hello Brandon, I tried the playback connection and i was able to successfully test the script. However, you also mentioned that i could run the strategy on a chart while connected to a real-time data feed connection.
What do you mean by this?

Running the script while the market is live or can i also enable the strategy on a chart and see how the trades might have taken on the previous days?
When i tried the second approach, trades are only getting on bar close and NOT intrabar. How can i achieve the trades to be executed intrabar when i just enable the strategy on a chart and see how the trades might have taken on the previous days?

Is it the same approach to write code to enable intradbar granularity as you explained here

You would need to add intrabar granularity to your script and enable Tick Replay when running the backtest.

See more about intra-bar granularity on the forum thread below.
https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/strategy-development/94098-isfirsttickofbar-vs-onbarclose-for-backtest-live?p=773377#post773377

This is your exact statement in one of your above reply "You may consider using the Playback Connection with Market Replay data to test and debug your strategy or run the strategy on a chart while connected to a real-time data feed connection."

[psangram]

Hello psangram,

Thanks for your notes.

You would need to add intrabar granularity to your script and enable Tick Replay when running the backtest.

See more about intra-bar granularity on the forum thread below.
https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/strategy-development/94098-isfirsttickofbar-vs-onbarclose-for-backtest-live?p=773377#post773377

To do this, should i unlock the code and add additional code that is described in the video in the above article?
And is this additional code only needed to backtest and not actually needed during the live trading during market open hours, right?

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello psangram,

Thanks for your notes.

Testing the strategy on a chart while connected to a real-time data feed connection means that you could connect to your real-time data feed connections in the Connections menu, open a New > Chart window, enable the strategy on the Sim101 account that comes with NinjaTrader or a demo account if you have one, and watch the strategy run real-time to see how it performs.

This would be how the strategy runs on real-time (live) data, not on historical data.

To backtest the strategy on historical data you would need to add intrabar granualrity to your script as mentioned in post # 15. Yes, this requires unlocking the code from the Strategy Builder and manually programming your strategy to add a 1-tick data series and submit orders to that one tick series. Intrabar granularity cannot be added to a Strategy Builder strategy.

Please reference the SampleIntrabarBacktest example and the following Help Guide links for more information.

SampleIntrabarBacktest 'Backtesting NinjaScript Strategies with an intrabar granularity' - https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/backtesting_ninjascript_strate.htm

TickReplay — https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ick_replay.htm

Developing for Tick Replay -
https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/developing_for__tick_replay.htm?zoom_highlightsub= developing+for+tick+replay

Additional information may be found in this NinjaTrader Forum post —
https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/strategy-development/100192-comparing-real-time-historical-and-replay-performance?t=102504