two different buy in one strategy

[kapa1]

Hi. Running strategy builder, How can I run two different buy in one strategy. Say (A)one is MA cross over 5 and 10 then buy, (B)other is MA cross over 20 and 40 then buy. I cant figure it out. Tried different order handling settings but not working out. If I leave it at unique entry at 2, if A occurs twice before B happens, system buys 2 A signals but not B which happens later in time.

Thank you

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

Thank you for your question.


This is exactly the situation signals were designed for. Attached is a code sample that should do something like what you are describing. Code samples we provide are for educational purposes, and are not intended for live trading, and are not guaranteed to accomplish any user goal or to be maintained.


Please also note that EntriesPerDirection was set to 2.



Please let us know if there are any other ways we can help.



Resources :

• Entering with signals : https://ninjatrader.com/support/help.../enterlong.htm
• Using signals with stops and targets : https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ofittarget.htm
• EntriesPerDirection : https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...rdirection.htm

[kapa1]

Thank you for such a quick answer.

Is it possible to do this in strategy builder?

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

This is possible through the strategy builder. This video will walk you through the steps.

https://jessica-ninjatrader.tinytake.com/sf/Mjk0OTE4MF84ODUwMTc5

[kapa1]

Thank you

Thank you Jessica. Your help solved it! Is there additional link for videos for strategy builder for me to get educated on? I would love to look more on these videos about current strategy builder.

Thank you!!

[kapa1]

Hi, Jessica.

After taking a look at your video, I still have trouble. If I leave order handling to 2, if A occurs twice, then B, system will buy two As but not B. and it averages stop as a whole unit. I want to have A with one entry with its own $200 stop and B with 1 entry with its own $200 stops. does this make sense to you? So two unique strategies under 1 strategy.

Thank you

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

For this situation, we have created the EntryHandling property. This property relies on signals which we've already discussed and implemented. When we set EntryHandling.UniqueEntries and set the EntriesPerDirection to 1, we make it so that there can be at most 1 entry per unique name. In our case, our unique names are "TradeSet1" and "TradeSet2", which means at most 1 contract can be launched from the 5/10 crossover and 1 from the 20/40 crossover.


This help guide page has more information.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?entryhandling.htm

I prepared a short video where I implement these settings.

https://jessica-ninjatrader.tinytake.com/sf/Mjk1MzIxMl84ODYwNTUw