From 328225457259f879cff273e08ee1a2c1f601b9a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mo <mo@thehussains.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:48:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] S2-B1/B2: live account balance, Optimizable attrs,
 BarsRequired=50, archive NT8.Core.Orders

---
 .../Strategies/NT8StrategyBase.cs             | 20 +++++++++++++++++--
 src/NT8.Adapters/Strategies/SimpleORBNT8.cs   |  3 +++
 src/NT8.Core/Orders/IOrderManager.cs          |  5 +++++
 src/NT8.Core/Orders/OrderManager.cs           |  5 +++++
 src/NT8.Core/Orders/OrderModels.cs            |  5 +++++
 5 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/NT8.Adapters/Strategies/NT8StrategyBase.cs b/src/NT8.Adapters/Strategies/NT8StrategyBase.cs
index 388dbca..5340070 100644
--- a/src/NT8.Adapters/Strategies/NT8StrategyBase.cs
+++ b/src/NT8.Adapters/Strategies/NT8StrategyBase.cs
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Strategies
                 TraceOrders = false;
                 RealtimeErrorHandling = RealtimeErrorHandling.StopCancelClose;
                 StopTargetHandling = StopTargetHandling.PerEntryExecution;
-                BarsRequiredToTrade = 20;
+                BarsRequiredToTrade = 50;
 
                 EnableSDK = true;
                 DailyLossLimit = 1000.0;
@@ -531,7 +531,23 @@ namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Strategies
 
         private AccountInfo BuildAccountInfo()
         {
-            var accountInfo = NT8DataConverter.ConvertAccount(100000.0, 250000.0, 0.0, 0.0, DateTime.UtcNow);
+            double cashValue = 100000.0;
+            double buyingPower = 250000.0;
+
+            try
+            {
+                if (Account != null)
+                {
+                    cashValue = Account.Get(AccountItem.CashValue, Currency.UsDollar);
+                    buyingPower = Account.Get(AccountItem.BuyingPower, Currency.UsDollar);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Print(string.Format("[NT8-SDK] WARNING: Could not read live account balance, using defaults: {0}", ex.Message));
+            }
+
+            var accountInfo = NT8DataConverter.ConvertAccount(cashValue, buyingPower, 0.0, 0.0, DateTime.UtcNow);
             _lastAccountInfo = accountInfo;
             return accountInfo;
         }
diff --git a/src/NT8.Adapters/Strategies/SimpleORBNT8.cs b/src/NT8.Adapters/Strategies/SimpleORBNT8.cs
index d3ce10b..30eb704 100644
--- a/src/NT8.Adapters/Strategies/SimpleORBNT8.cs
+++ b/src/NT8.Adapters/Strategies/SimpleORBNT8.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Strategies
     public class SimpleORBNT8 : NT8StrategyBase
     {
         [NinjaScriptProperty]
+        [Optimizable]
         [Display(Name = "Opening Range Minutes", GroupName = "ORB Strategy", Order = 1)]
         [Range(5, 120)]
         public int OpeningRangeMinutes { get; set; }
@@ -34,11 +35,13 @@ namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Strategies
         public double StdDevMultiplier { get; set; }
 
         [NinjaScriptProperty]
+        [Optimizable]
         [Display(Name = "Stop Loss Ticks", GroupName = "ORB Risk", Order = 1)]
         [Range(1, 50)]
         public int StopTicks { get; set; }
 
         [NinjaScriptProperty]
+        [Optimizable]
         [Display(Name = "Profit Target Ticks", GroupName = "ORB Risk", Order = 2)]
         [Range(1, 100)]
         public int TargetTicks { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/NT8.Core/Orders/IOrderManager.cs b/src/NT8.Core/Orders/IOrderManager.cs
index 6ad224b..9a1813f 100644
--- a/src/NT8.Core/Orders/IOrderManager.cs
+++ b/src/NT8.Core/Orders/IOrderManager.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
+// ARCHIVED: This namespace (NT8.Core.Orders) is superseded by NT8.Core.OMS.
+// NT8.Core.OMS is the canonical order management implementation used by NT8StrategyBase.
+// These files are retained for reference only and are not referenced by any active code.
+// Do not add new code here. Do not remove these files until a full audit confirms zero references.
+
 namespace NT8.Core.Orders
 {
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/NT8.Core/Orders/OrderManager.cs b/src/NT8.Core/Orders/OrderManager.cs
index 8dd7eb9..e6d2890 100644
--- a/src/NT8.Core/Orders/OrderManager.cs
+++ b/src/NT8.Core/Orders/OrderManager.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
+// ARCHIVED: This namespace (NT8.Core.Orders) is superseded by NT8.Core.OMS.
+// NT8.Core.OMS is the canonical order management implementation used by NT8StrategyBase.
+// These files are retained for reference only and are not referenced by any active code.
+// Do not add new code here. Do not remove these files until a full audit confirms zero references.
+
 namespace NT8.Core.Orders
 {
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/NT8.Core/Orders/OrderModels.cs b/src/NT8.Core/Orders/OrderModels.cs
index 3489ad3..588dfdc 100644
--- a/src/NT8.Core/Orders/OrderModels.cs
+++ b/src/NT8.Core/Orders/OrderModels.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ using NT8.Core.Common.Models;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
+// ARCHIVED: This namespace (NT8.Core.Orders) is superseded by NT8.Core.OMS.
+// NT8.Core.OMS is the canonical order management implementation used by NT8StrategyBase.
+// These files are retained for reference only and are not referenced by any active code.
+// Do not add new code here. Do not remove these files until a full audit confirms zero references.
+
 namespace NT8.Core.Orders
 {
     #region Core Order Models