2 Conditions with different Bars.BarsSinceSession

[wallsteetking]

Hey Ninjatrader team

How can I tell ninjatrader to allow two different conditions with different Bars.BarsSinceSession rules. to add more info I want to be able to create two booleans and have different Bars.BarsSinceSession inside the code. (for strategy)

This is what I have right now. please explain how/why this does not work and how to fix it.

 #region Variables
        // Wizard generated variables
        private int myInput0 = 1; // Default setting for MyInput0
		private bool enterLongStrat1 = false;
		private bool enterLongStrat2 = false;
        // User defined variables (add any user defined variables below)
        #endregion

        /// <summary>
        /// This method is used to configure the strategy and is called once before any                            strategy method is called.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void Initialize()
        {
            SetProfitTarget("", CalculationMode.Ticks, 4);
            CalculateOnBarClose = true;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Called on each bar update event (incoming tick)
        /// </summary>
        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
			enterLongStrat1 = false;
			enterLongStrat2 = false;
		
            // Condition set 1
	               [B][COLOR="Blue"] if (Bars.BarsSinceSession >=50)
			if (Bars.BarsSinceSession <=84)[/COLOR][/B]
                        if (Close[0] >= EMA(20)[0]
                            && Close[0] >= EMA(50)[0])	
            {
          	    //  enterLongStrat2 = true;
         	  	enterLongStrat1 = true;
            }
		
			//  Condition set 2
			[B][COLOR="Blue"]if (Bars.BarsSinceSession == 1)[/COLOR][/B]
			if (Close[0] >= Open[0] + 4 * TickSize)
			 {
				enterLongStrat2 = true;
       		             // enterLongStrat1 = false;
			}

			if (enterLongStrat2 == true && enterLongStrat1 == true)
			{    
  				EnterLong(DefaultQuantity, "");
			}	
        }

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello wallsteetking,

Thank you for your note.

I believe you are trying to check a condition on the first bar of the session and then a second condition in-between a specified number of bars. If this is correct, the reason it does not work is the that the two bools are reset to false on each bar update:

        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
			enterLongStrat1 = false;
			enterLongStrat2 = false;

Please comment out these two lines and advise if this resolves the matter.

[wallsteetking]

Patrick, you are correct I am trying to check a condition on the first bar of the session and then a second condition in-between a specified number of bars. However, removing

  protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
			enterLongStrat1 = false;
			enterLongStrat2 = false;

Does not solve the problem. Here is proof. I changed the code just little bit where on, bar 1 close needs to be bigger then open by 4 ticks and on bar 7 the close needs to be also bigger than the open by 4 ticks. ( SEE BLUE CODE)

 #region Variables
        // Wizard generated variables
        private int myInput0 = 1; // Default setting for MyInput0
		private bool enterLongStrat1 = false;
		private bool enterLongStrat2 = false;
        // User defined variables (add any user defined variables below)
        #endregion

        /// <summary>
        /// This method is used to configure the strategy and is called once before any strategy method is called.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void Initialize()
        {
            SetProfitTarget("", CalculationMode.Ticks, 4);
            CalculateOnBarClose = true;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Called on each bar update event (incoming tick)
        /// </summary>
        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
            // Condition set 1
	   [B][COLOR="Blue"]  if (Bars.BarsSinceSession == 1)[/COLOR][/B]
            if (Close[0] >= Open[0] + 4 * TickSize)
               {
         	 enterLongStrat1 = true;
		}
		
		//  Condition set 2
		[B][COLOR="blue"]if (Bars.BarsSinceSession == 7)[/COLOR][/B]
		if (Close[0] >= Open[0] + 4 * TickSize)
		 {
			enterLongStrat2 = true;
		}

               // tally up 
if (Bars.BarsSinceSession == 10 && enterLongStrat1 == true && enterLongStrat2 == true)
			{    
  				EnterLong(DefaultQuantity, "");
			}	
        }

however, it just takes a long on the 10th bar Always
I also tried,

#region Variables
        // Wizard generated variables
        private int myInput0 = 1; // Default setting for MyInput0
		private bool enterLongStrat1 = false;
		private bool enterLongStrat2 = false;
        // User defined variables (add any user defined variables below)
        #endregion

        /// <summary>
        /// This method is used to configure the strategy and is called once before any strategy method is called.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void Initialize()
        {
            SetProfitTarget("", CalculationMode.Ticks, 4);
            CalculateOnBarClose = true;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Called on each bar update event (incoming tick)
        /// </summary>
        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
            // Condition set 1
	   [B][COLOR="Blue"]  if (Bars.BarsSinceSession == 1)[/COLOR][/B]
            if (Close[0] >= Open[0] + 4 * TickSize)
               {
         	 enterLongStrat1 = true;
                [B][COLOR="red"] enterLongStrat2 = false;[/COLOR][/B]
		}
		
		//  Condition set 2
		[B][COLOR="blue"]if (Bars.BarsSinceSession == 7)[/COLOR][/B]
		if (Close[0] >= Open[0] + 4 * TickSize)
		 {
			enterLongStrat2 = true;
                        [B][COLOR="Red"]enterLongStrat1 = false;[/COLOR][/B]
		}

               // tally up 
if (Bars.BarsSinceSession == 10 && enterLongStrat1 == true && enterLongStrat2 == true)
			{    
  				EnterLong(DefaultQuantity, "");
			}

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello wallsteetking,

Thank you for your response.

Are you looking for the session's open or the current bar's open? Open[0] would be the current bar's open.

Setting the parameters to false will not resolve this matter. Can you provide a screenshot of your chart where the entries are made that should not be with your first example?

I look forward to your response.