Multi Time Frame Stop Adjustment

[decklin17]

Hello,
Please take a look at the code bellow...I am trying to change my stop price using a Range 1 chart to trigger the stop change from the primary 5 minute chart. I keep getting an error when trying to compile...I have poured over the forums and sample strategies provided as well as the multi time frame material in the help guide....i know its something simple I am just not getting...Thanks in advance!



protected override void Initialize()
{
Add(PeriodType.Range, 1);
}

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
{
if (CrossAbove(Close[1][0], Position.AvgPrice + 22 * TickSize, 1) && tStop1 == false)
{
Do something
}
}

}

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Please try using 'Closes' in your code with a multiseries context - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...V6/Closes.html

[decklin17]

I tried that....still produces error when compiling...

protected override void Initialize()
{
Add(PeriodType.Range, 1);
}

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
{
if (CrossAbove(Closes[1][0], Position.AvgPrice + 22 * TickSize, 1) && tStop1 == false)
{
Do something
}
}

}

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Please try just

 Closes[1]

You need to pass in a dataseries, not a double.

[borland]

Bertrand,

Why isn't 'Closes[1][0]' equivalent to 'Closes[1]' in the CrossAbove function? If it was a syntac error, then the complier should have caught it.

This appears to be a good example of how this function wasn't very well thought out by the developers. The offset parameter is quite unnecessary since the offset could be taken from the context of dataseries.

Sure you don't really need functions like CrossAbove() or CrossBelow() since they are quite easy to code using just two conditional statements.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Closes[1][0] is not a DataSeries. That is the actual double value. When using CrossAbove() you need to use DataSeries objects and to get that you would just do Closes[1]. Please see the acceptable signatures here: http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...rossAbove.html The issue was indeed caught by the compiler as experienced by decklin17.

There is no need to argue the merits of methods. Many methods can easily be argued that you do not "need" them. They are all provided for the convenience of the user and ease for the non-seasoned programmers.

[decklin17]

That worked! Thanks Bertrand and Josh...helpfull and patient as always!