Indicator below a value for last XX consecutive bars

[lancasterstephen]

Morning

I'm trying to enter a short trade only if a fast period SMA has been below the slow period SMA for, say, the last 50 bars in a row

i.e. CrossAbove((Close,SMAFast),(Close,SMASlow),50,0)= false

But I can't work out how to write this formula because you cannot use "=false" !!
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I'm trying not to write it in this way below, because I want to be able to vary the bars in a row value

SMA Fast[0]< SMA Slow[0]
SMA Fast[1]< SMA Slow[1]
SMA Fast[2]< SMA Slow[2]
.........
SMA Fast[50]< SMA Slow[50]

Thanks
STeve

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello lancasterstephen,

Thanks for your post.

You could use a bool and an int variable with your logic. For example, create a bool called crossFound and initialize it to false, create an int variable called myBarCount and set it to 0.

if (CrossBelow (SMA(smaFast), SMA(smaSlow), 1)
{
crossFound = true; // set bool true when a cross below is found
}

if (CrossFound && SMA(smaFast)[0] < SMA(smaSlow[0]))
{
myBarCount++; // increment the bar counter
}

if (crossFound && myBarCount == 50) //Test that the cross was found and that 50 bars have passed.
{
// order entry here
myBarCount = 0; // reset after order placed
crossFound = false; // reset for next order
}

Note that you would have to establish reset criteria/logic so that crossFound is reset to false and myBarCount is reset to 0 if the conditions do not allow the bar count to reach 50 (for example a cross above).