Start time

[maninjapan]

I am trying to use the start and finish time function when running my strategies however it seems that even if I set the start time more than 30 minutes from the current time the strategy still starts straight away. Has anyone else had this problem? I have downloaded the latest version of 6.5 (v3).

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

Not sure I follow. You can not set session start/end time programmatically but only by the properties dialog.

[NinjaTrader_Josh]

Maybe this reference sample can be of some use: http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3226

[maninjapan]

Sorry, I may not have explained myself properly. In the properties section you can set the start and finish time, correct? even if I set it to start later than the current time by any amount the strategy enters orders as soon as I press start and not waiting until the actual time I entered to start.

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

Correct, the strategy will start after session start.

[maninjapan]

I am trying to test a strategy and it seems to be ignoring the start time and starting immediately, regardless of how late I set the start time (and I am setting it in local time)

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

Not sure I follow. Please make sure there is data to backtest and debug your strategy as per here: http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3418

[maninjapan]

the strategy works fine. Here is an example.

The current time is 5pm. I set it to start at 19:00. As soon as I press start though it begins trading immediately, even though it is before 19:00.

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

Please make sure you familiar with the "Historical" concept (search docs for "Historical").

To avoid that your strategy trades on historical data add this to your OnBarUpdate method:
if (Historical)
return;