Moving Average data is behind by 5 minutes

[ExtremelyRough]

Im new to ninjatrader and ninjascript. I am trying to test out a crossover strategy but there seems to be a delay from when the crossover happens to when the trade executes. I understand that the strategy waits for the close and then enters but It seems to be about 2 candles behind. When I test this same strategy on other platforms such as Thinkorswim or tradingview, It works as intended. And the Crossovers seem to be different on ninja than on thinkorswim and tradingview.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello ExtremelyRough,

Is this a historical order or in a backtest? If so the trades execution would be shown on the bar following where the condition is true. In realtime the executions would appear on the bar where the condition was true.

[agentgpf]

You need to tell each indicator that you use (moving averages in this case) to update on EACH TICK or on PRICE CHANGE not on BAR CLOSE. When the bar closes the indicator updates normally in NT which makes it lagging - hence why your averages don't touch the candles until it is the next candle, and why they are lagging so incredibly.