Getting Close[0] when conditions met

[CaptainAmericaXX]

Hello,
I'm wondering if someone can give me an idea of how to capture the Close[0] when a condition is met and then record that data for future use? Thanks

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello CaptainAmericaXX,

Are you going to be using the Strategy Wizard to create this strategy or are you creating with some custom code?

Happy to be of further assistance.

[CaptainAmericaXX]

Hello JC. Custom code, but I get a lot of hand holding.

[koganam]

Hello,
I'm wondering if someone can give me an idea of how to capture the Close[0] when a condition is met and then record that data for future use? Thanks

 
private double CaptainAmericaMegaBucksPrice = -1;

 
if (ConditionMet && CaptainAmericaMegaBucksPrice < 0)
{
CaptainAmericaMegaBucksPrice = Close[0];
}
 
MakeMegaBucks(CaptainAmericaMegaBucksPrice, ...);
 
if (PositionHasBeenClosed || WeNeedToReset)
{
CaptainAmericaMegaBucksPrice = -1; //or whatever the initial unset value is supposed to be.
}

[CaptainAmericaXX]

koganam, you're awesome! I swear if I ever start making money trading I'm going to send you a check!
I tried to follow your advice. I'm ok at plugging what others give me, but not very good at figuring it out myself. Here is what I have so far:

private double closeprice = -1;

if (CrossAbove(RSMarketDirection(12).UpTrend, RSMarketDirection(12).SMALine, 1) && vcloseprice < 0)
            {
                closeprice = Close[0];
            }
        
        MakeMegaBucks(closeprice);
        
        if (PositionHasBeenClosed || WeNeedToReset)
            {
            closeprice = -1; 
            }

So what I want to do is capture the Close[0] at the CrossAbove. I then want to look back x amount of bars to see if there was a cross at that exact price. Is what you gave me along those lines? I especially like the "MakeMegaBuck" (I know you just made that up), but I have to admit I don't have the foggiest idea what that line is going to accomplish. Do you have some more advice?

[koganam]

koganam, you're awesome! I swear if I ever start making money trading I'm going to send you a check!
I tried to follow your advice. I'm ok at plugging what others give me, but not very good at figuring it out myself. Here is what I have so far:

private double closeprice = -1;

if (CrossAbove(RSMarketDirection(12).UpTrend, RSMarketDirection(12).SMALine, 1) && vcloseprice < 0)
            {
                closeprice = Close[0];[COLOR=blue] //good enough[/COLOR]
            }
 
        MakeMegaBucks(closeprice); [COLOR=blue]//this just represents all the stuff that you want to do with the information that you have captured above. It was just a placeholder.[/COLOR]
 
        if (PositionHasBeenClosed || WeNeedToReset) [COLOR=blue]//this is just a description of when you want to reset your variable, so that you do not have unintended side effects.[/COLOR]
            {
            closeprice = -1; 
            }

So what I want to do is capture the Close[0] at the CrossAbove. I then want to look back x amount of bars to see if there was a cross at that exact price. Is what you gave me along those lines? I especially like the "MakeMegaBuck" (I know you just made that up), but I have to admit I don't have the foggiest idea what that line is going to accomplish. Do you have some more advice?

Pretty much. Once you have captured the price of interest, all you need to do is call another method to see if your condition is filled. In this case, I would use the MIN() and MAX() classes to find the MIN and MAX values starting from the bar on which I captured closeprice, and going back your x number of bars. If MIN is below the cross line, and MAX is above it, then there was at least one cross.