BarsSinceExit

[safetrading]

I need some help in inderstanding how to reference not my last exit of a trade, but the one before it. I read the manual which states I must use the BarsInProgress index. I'm sorry, but my lack of programming experience leaves me at a loss for this. I'm trying to debug with this line;

PrintWithTimeStamp("This Long = " + BarsSinceExit(0,"Long",1).ToString() + " " + "Last Long = " + BarsSinceExit(0,"Long",2).ToString() );

This is a single time frame strategy, so I understood the first "0" in the BarsSinceExit refers to the time frame being used. This however is not working. Is there a short answer to this, or a code snippet you could direct me to so that I can reference the number of bars between trades?

Thanks,

Safetrading

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello Safetrading,
You will be able to get the bar number of the prior last exit. Please use the below overload to do it

BarsSinceExit(int barsInProgressIndex, string signalName, int exitsAgo)

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?barssinceexit.htm

The exitAgo property determines the number of exits ago.

A sample code will be

Print(BarsSinceExit(0, "", 1));  //1 determines its the prior last exit.

[safetrading]

Thanks

Thanks so much, just what I needed to get going.

Hello Safetrading,
You will be able to get the bar number of the prior last exit. Please use the below overload to do it

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?barssinceexit.htm

The exitAgo property determines the number of exits ago.

A sample code will be

Print(BarsSinceExit(0, "", 1));  //1 determines its the prior last exit.