buy and hold

[alexnj]

I want to compare some startegies with a "buy and hold" benchmark strategy. So I need to create in the wizard a condition just based on a particular date to buy and one to sell and then run backtest.

tried user defined inputs as string and put the 2 dates but it won't accept it.

[NinjaTrader_Josh]

alexnj,

You need to go to the condition builder, select for the condition to be true at a specified date and time. And then as an action just buy or sell. Make sure when you run this strategy to turn Exit on Close to false.

[alexnj]

yes but what condition? I just need to buy at a certain date and sell at a certain date. What condition should I set?
I understand your point but this requires editing the script to assign dates. can't I jsut use the backtesting inputs for dates and have a fixed condition on?

[NinjaTrader_Josh]

Thinking about it. You actually only need one condition. Just place in a trade once, don't exit on close, and then only allow 1 entry per direction.

Condition
Left: Time category -> Time series
Right: Time category -> Time value -> 10:00AM for instance

You cannot do it with just backtest input dates. That doesn't tell it when to trade.