One trade per bar

[Trader17]

How do we limit trades to only one or any number specified per bar / signal? I see it take several hundred on the same bar.
Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Are these entries and exits or are you just entering the same direction over and over?

This could relate to the setting you are using for Entries Per Direction.

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/entriesperdirection.htm?zoom_highlightsub=entriesper

You could also add more filtering such as a Position check in case you are doing tick by tick calculations.

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/position_marketposition.htm?zoom_highlightsub=position

Another idea is to use BarsSinceEntryExecution.

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/barssinceentryexecution.htm?zoom_highlightsub=BarsSinceEntryExecution

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[koganam]

How do we limit trades to only one or any number specified per bar / signal? I see it take several hundred on the same bar.
Thanks.

Then obviously you are unlikely to be using Calculate.OnBarClose.

That means that you have to write logic to ensure that things only happen as often as you want. You will need a counter to track your number of entries, and prevent any further entries once the limit is reached. You will have to reset the counter on each bar.

It is too hard to give you code in a vacuum. Post what you have, and someone will be able to put in the additions for you.

[Trader17]

Yes over and over in the same bar. So if I use Bars since Entry > 0 that will solve the problem of not taking another trade on the same bar?
Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for the reply.

Yes potentially, when developing your strategy you would need to try different combinations of items to see what works best for what you are trying. I can only suggest items for you to try, to locate the answer you would need to test this concept using a NinjaScript file and see what the outcome is.

I could suggest adding a condition that uses BarsSinceEntryExecution and see if that solves it. If not, as koganam noted it is difficult to understand the problem with few details.

If you can post the strategy or more details surrounding its use that would be helpful. But we could still only speculate what may be happening, you would likely still need to test whatever ends up being discussed so I would suggest first adding the BarsSinceEntryExecution and if that does not work, provide what you tried and the outcome so we can see where you are at in the script.

I look forward to being of further assistance.