isLiveUntilCancelled with LongLimit order.... keep long limit order alive for x bars

[Oracletrades]

Hi there, I am not a programmer and could use some help please! I have my set of conditions and would like a LONG LIMIT ORDER (adjusted by minus 2 points) to stay alive for 5 bars.

// Set 1
            if ()
            {
                EnterLongLimit(Convert.ToInt32(DefaultQuantity), (GetCurrentAsk(0) - 2) , @"");
            }

How do I do that? My strategy is recalculating on price change, so the limits obviously move..
I saw the "LiveUntilCancelled" and while it's not exactly what I am looking for, I'd also be happy with that for now..

Thanks for your help guys (and girls!)

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello Oracletrades,

Thank you for your post.

Actually, yes, you'd want to use IsLiveUntilCancelled here.

If you don't, it'll cancel the order when the conditions for entry are no longer true. You'd just have to submit the order cancellation after 5 bars have passed if it hasn't filled.

Here's an example of how to use this from our help guide:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/keeping_orders_alive.htm

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.

[Oracletrades]

gees, I've been searching for the keyword in the forum for half an hour now and couldn't find the link you referenced! Just out of curiosity, how would I accomplish a "lifespan" of 5 bars for an order? Would that be a lot more complicated? I'm super happy with the good til canceled which works for my slow-pattern trading, just curious and hoping to learn a bit more..

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello Oracletrades,

Thank you for your reply.

No, not terrifically more complicated. I'd use BarsSinceEntryExecution to help control your exit:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/barssinceentryexecution.htm

So, you could do something like:

if (BarsSinceEntryExecution() > 5)
{
     //your order cancellation logic goes here
}

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.

[siberfutures]

Hi Team Support, following up on this old thread as I cannot seem to get my codes to work.

I followed the code from this thread and downloaded the samplecancelorder strategy, used the (BarsSinceEntryExecution() code as well but still the bar cancel after 5 bars doesn't work.
The samplecancel order strategy was working fine, until I added in the indicators to the script. Not sure where it went wrong as my script without the bar cancellation works fine.

Will be very happy if you can assist me on this as well as how to add in the short limit entry for this strategy of super trend.

See attached script strategy that I tried to code myself. I apologise if some codes are wrong as I have very limited programming knowledge as I tried self learning here and there.
I tried the Strategy Builder, but it is limited to what I needed the script to perform.

Thanks!
Peter

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi, thanks for writing in.

All of your code is wrapped into this statement:

if ((Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat)
&& (ADX1[0] > Twenty)
&& (ToTime(Time[0]) >= 70000 && ToTime(Time[0]) < 150000)
&& (TSSuperTrend1.UpTrend[0] > Zero)
&& (TSSuperTrend1.DownTrend[1] > Zero))
{
//all of the order submission and cancelation occurs in this code block
}

This is likely why its not working to cancel out the order.

Kind regards,
-ChrisL

[siberfutures]

I see. I got the codes from the Strategy builder unlock. It was working fine without the cancel order add on script.
In this case, can you give me a sample entry so I can expand from there?
Thanks!

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi, thanks for the follow up. You will need to add your condition into the existing entry condition. See the screenshot here:

https://clauber.tinytake.com/msc/NzYyNzc4OF8yMDYwODc5MA

Kind regards,
-ChrisL