Trailing the Low or High of Previous Bars to Exit

[daven]

I have some code generated in the Strategy Wizard that I think should trail the low (for longs) or high(for shorts) of x bars back to establish an exit stop. Here is the code for that concept:

            // Condition set 3
            if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
            {
                ExitLongStop(Low[BarsBack] + -1 * TickSize, "EBLOut", "EBLong1");
            }

            // Condition set 4
            if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Short)
            {
                ExitShortStop(High[BarsBack] + 1 * TickSize, "EBSOut", "EBShort1");
            }

Where BarsBack can be anything between 1 and 3 in my testing. Here's the problem. I'm using a simple ma crossover to get into the position but the only thing that gets me out is either a stop loss (when I include it in the code) or a cross in the opposite direction. As near as I can tell the code above does nothing. Do you have some reference code for implementing a bar-by-bar trailing stop to preserve profit but exit when things start to turn? If not, can you tell mw what is wrong with the code above? Seems pretty straight forward but doesn't seem to work at all.
Thanks
DaveN

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,

You may have a reversal orders or SetStopLoss() orders active when you place your Exit's. Here are the 2 reasons it won't work:


Methods that generate orders to exit a position will be ignored if a strategy position is open and:

• <LI class=rvps1>An order submitted by an enter method (EnterLongLimit() for example) is active and this entry order is used to open a position in the opposite direction
• An order submitted by a set method (SetStopLoss() for example) is active

[LarryS]

What is this: <LI class=rvps1> ?

[twtrader]

AN HTML tag. You can ignore it.

What is this: <LI class=rvps1> ?

[DTSSTS]

This old post, but i found a tool to Trailing the Low or High of Previous Bars to Exit