Addition of Input Variables

[moon_121]

Hi,
I want to create a crossover where period 1 (P1) is always smaller than the second one. To get this I thought I could simply add P1 and P2 for the second value.
For example: If P1 is 5 and P2 is 3 I would create a cross of 5 and 8.
Somehow my code does not work. The addition does not work.
How do I fix it?

        protected override void Initialize()
        {
            Add(SMA(P1));
            Add(SMA(P2));
            
            

            CalculateOnBarClose = true;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Called on each bar update event (incoming tick)
        /// </summary>
        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
            // Condition set 1
            if (CrossAbove(SMA(P1), SMA(P1+P2), 1))
            {
                EnterLong(DefaultQuantity, "");
            }

            // Condition set 2
            if (CrossBelow(SMA(P1), SMA(P1+P2), 1))
            {
                EnterShort(DefaultQuantity, "");
            }

        }

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

moon_121, how do you judge that it would not work? Have you charted the P1+P2 SMA as well to confirm signals triggered by this logic?

[Baruch]

Change
Add(SMA(P1));
Add(SMA(P2));

to
Add(SMA(P1));
Add(SMA(P1+P2));

[moon_121]

Thanks Baruch. That works fine! I knew I overlooked something simple.