Why in the world does this not work?

[lookOutBelow]

This makes no sense to me. Can someone explain why I am not getting a match?

For every barclose I'm doing this:

Print("HighStop is: -" + highStop + "-    High[0] is: -" + High[0] + "-");
                
                if (High[0] == highStop)
                    Print("We have a  match");
                else
                    Print("We DO NOT have a match");

Here is the partial Output that should of triggered it to print "We have a match":

HighStop is: -29.89- High[0] is: -29.86-
We DO NOT have a match
HighStop is: -29.89- High[0] is: -29.89-
We DO NOT have a match
HighStop is: -29.89- High[0] is: -29.89-
We DO NOT have a match
HighStop is: -29.89- High[0] is: -29.89-
We DO NOT have a match

A screen grab of the backtest is attached. As you can see, the 29.89 was clearly hit as a high. But it didn't trigger "We have a match". Can someone explain why? I'm I misunderstanding the use of High[0]?

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

I'm not seeing anything wrong with your code. Do you have a complete script that replicates this issue that I can test on my end?

Located in (MY)Documents\NinjaTrader 7\bin\Custom (indicator/strategy folder)

Is this a multi series script?

What instrument is this?

[lookOutBelow]

I tried to recreate the problem by simplifying it down to a bare bones strategy. And of course, it worked as it should.

So, I went back to my original strategy and changed

if (High[0] == highStop)
      PrintWithTimeStamp("We have a match");

to 

if (High[0] == 29.89)
       PrintWithTimeStamp("We have a match");

That worked as it should. I also tested the following and it worked fine...

highStop = 29.89;
if (High[0] == highStop)
       PrintWithTimeStamp("We have a match");

So, it appears that highStop's value is not what it appears. Is there any reason why I can print highStop to the output window, but it is somehow a floating point precision off? Or something odd like that?

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

In this case it does sound like it is a rounding issue.

Try doing this

highStop = Math.Round(highStop, 2);

and let me know if this fixes the issue.

[lookOutBelow]

That worked. Thanks Lance.

I realize now that even though I was already rounding the highStop value, the value was being adjusted at a later time and I neglected to round it again. Didn't even bother to check because I was certain I had already done it. woops.


Thanks again.

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

Glad I could help.

Let me know if I can further assist.