exit position if after X amount of seconds and Y amount of profit

[SteveReiza]

my 35 second strategy is dialed in except for one part. the open of the market for the first 2 minutes i get profit but it happens really fast and it goes back down to the exit (a bollinger line) that works great for when the market is behaving is it normally does during the day. is there a way to have a condition that says close greater or equal to position average price + X amount of ticks as One. And, as the Second condition - a time condition that says if less than or equal to 5 seconds from time of entry.

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello SteveReiza,

Thanks for your post.

A condition could be created in the Strategy Builder that checks if the Close price (Price folder > Close) is greater than or equal to the Average Position Price (Strategy folder > Average position price) offset by a set number of ticks.

See this help guide page which contains information about offsetting a value: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...on_builder.htm

The Strategy Builder Time Comparison conditions do not have the option to specify a set number of seconds, only the hours and minutes can be set.

You would need to save the Time[0] to a DateTime variable when the entry order is submitted and then use C# DateTime objects to create your condition in an unlocked script.

Time[0]: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...eries_time.htm

Manipulating DateTime Objects Reference Sample: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...me_objects.htm

For more information about C# DateTime, you could do a Google search for something like "working with C# DateTime".

Here is the publicly available C# Microsoft documentation on DateTime: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/do...e?view=net-8.0

[SteveReiza]

thanks for the reply. okay sweet. that's cool. i don't want to unlock the code, so i'll make due. i have a stop limit order on a smaller tick timeframe within that minute when market open with a bollinger line. i think it will catch it where it needs to for a profit capture.