Running a NinjaScript Strategy from Strategies Tab

You can run a NinjaScript strategy in real-time in a live or simulation account. Following are some key points and instructions on on how to run a NinjaScript strategy from the Strategies tab of the Control Center window.

NinjaTrader MUST be connected to a live brokerage or market data vendor
A NinjaScript Strategy is a self contained automated trading system and orders generated are live and not virtual. Cancelling strategy generated orders manually can cause your strategy to stop executing as you designed it. If you want to manually cancel an order, terminate the strategy itself.
Strategies initiated from the Strategies tab will NOT appear in a chart

If running an FX strategy please review the "Running FX Strategies" section for critical information

1. Within the NinjaTrader Control Ceneter which will bring up the "New Strategy" properties window

window, select the "Strategies" tab, then click on the right mouse button to bring up the context menu in the image below and select the "New Strategy..." menu

2. Within the "New Strategy" properties window pictured below, select the strategy you wish to run

3. Select the instrument and interval that you want to run your strategy on

4. Set the amount of historical data required to initialize your strategy and define the session time

5. Set the rest of the strategy's properties

6. Press the "OK" button to add the strategy to the Strategies tab grid

7. Press the "Start" button to run the strategy

8. To terminate (stop running) a strategy, press the "Stop" button

Property Definitions

Parameters section	Sets any strategy specific user defined inputs
Instrument	Sets the instrument the strategy will run on
Type	Sets the interval type (Tick bars, minute bars etc...)
Value	Sets the bar compression value (1 minute bars in the above image)
From	Sets the start date for the historical data set
Exclude weekend	If true, will exclude weekend data from the historical dataseries
Session begins	Starting time of the intraday session for the historical dataseries
Session ends	Starting time of the intraday session for the historical dataseries
Account	Sets the account the strategy will execute orders in
Calculate on bar close	If true, will only calculate the strategy's value on the close of a bar else its calculated with each incoming tick
Label	Sets a text value that will be displayed on the chart to represent the strategy
Min. bars required	Sets the minimum number of bars required before the backtest will start processing
Fill type	Sets the algorithm for processing and filling orders on the historical data portion of the chart
Slippage	Sets the slippage amount in ticks for the historical portion of the chart
Entries per direction	Sets the maximum number of entries allowed per direction while a position is active based on the "Entry handling" property
Entry handling	Sets the manner in how entry orders are handled. If set to "AllEntries", the strategy will process all entry orders until the maximum allowable entries set by the "Entries per direction" property has been reached while in an open position. If set to "UniqueEntries", strategy will process entry orders until the maximum allowable entries set by the "Entries per direction" property per each uniquely named entry.
Exit on close	When enabled, open positions are closed on the last bar of a session
Exit on close seconds	Sets the number of seconds prior to the end of a session that the any an open position(s) of a strategy is closed
Stop & target submission	Sets how stop and target orders are submitted
Set order quantity	Sets how the order size is determined, options are: "by default quantity" - User defined order size "by strategy" - Takes the order size specified programmatically within the strategy "by account" - Allows you to set a virtual account value that is used to determine maximum order size based on margin settings per instrument set in the Instrument Manager
Time in force	Sets the order time in force