Volume[BarsSinceEntry()+1)

[elliot5]

I am running the following logic that is trying to say:
if the volume of the entrybar +1 > the entrybar then exit.
else exit after entrybar +3
seems to compile but doesnt work in practice.... the strategy is calconbarclose = false. Stopoffset is a myinput() value. Any ideas?

Regards


if (Volume[BarsSinceEntry()+1] > Volume[BarsSinceEntry()+0])
{
ExitLong("", "");
ExitShort("", "");
}


else
if (BarsSinceEntry() > stopOffset)


{
ExitLong("", "");
ExitShort("", "");
}

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Any errors shown in Control Center logs during runtime?

[elliot5]

no errors on the log..... the point is to enter the trade... then compare after barsincentry =1 has elapsed... and compare it to the volume of the
bar that the position was opened in....

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Then what aspect of this does not work? What behavior do you see as is?

[elliot5]

tends to enter multiple trades and stop them immediately.... is there a simpler way tp code ět ? or is it not possible to extract the volume of a bar in which a trade opened after time has elapsed.. ?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

It is possible, but you have to do it at the correct time. I.e. after you have entered the trade.

You should add some checks like if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long) or something like that.

[elliot5]

will do. just to check:

Volume[BarsSinceEntry()+0]) is that the volume of the bar that had the position opened...? or the one after it?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

BarsSinceEntry() returns you the bars ago of your entry. If your entry was 1 bar ago, it will return 1. So it is the value of the entry bar.