Phantom Trades

[elitetradernyc]

I have a bug in my script and I cant figure out whats causing it:

I have an int variable that tracks trades set like this:

Daily Bars in progress:
I check some indicators in if statements, if the indicator is positive (in daily timeframe)
set tradecounter = 1;
end if

Minute bars in progress:
Once the indicator is set the tradecounter variable is checked in 10 minute timeframe the next day, if it =1 then I place an order like EnterLong(), then set tradecounter back to 0;

The only problem is, somehow the tradecounter is set to 1 even though the indicator is not showing on the chart or is not set to positive in the script even after I check via Print statement.

Any ideas? This results in some completely erroneous trades.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello elitetradernyc,

Thank you for your post.

How are you setting the tradecounter when defined? Is it defined first in the Variables section of the NinjaScript Strategy code? And what value is set first, 0 or 1?

I look forward to your response.

[elitetradernyc]

Hi sir, its defined like this in the variables section:

private int tradeCounter = 0;

The only other place itsset is in the code is in the dialy section where indicators are checked.

[elitetradernyc]

Disregard this, it was my mistake, I was not setting it back to 0 if trade wasnt made.