Limit strategy to one trade per day

[glenbiggs]

I am wanting to place only one trade per day for my strategy.

When I use the following code, I have a problem with the variables. When I try to backtest the strategy the window into which you adjust your variables is all completely blank and I am not able to go any further.

I was working fine until I put in the "private bool traded = false;" I think I have it in the wrong place.

Please give some suggestions.
Thanks
Glen

/// <summary>
/// End of Day Trade
/// </summary>
[Description("End of Day Trade")]
public class EndOfDayTrade : Strategy

{
#region Variables
// Wizard generated variables
private int profitTarget = 44; // Default setting for ProfitTarget
private int stopLoss = 15; // Default setting for StopLoss
// User defined variables (add any user defined variables below)
#endregion

private bool traded = false;

/// <summary>
/// This method is used to configure the strategy and is called once before any strategy method is called.
/// </summary>
protected override void Initialize()
{
Add(OpenPrice830(8, 30));
Add(ClosePrice1429(14, 29));
Add(Stochastics(4, 6, 2));
Add(OpenPrice830(8, 30));
Add(ClosePrice1429(14, 29));
Add(Stochastics(4, 6, 2));
SetProfitTarget("", CalculationMode.Ticks, ProfitTarget);
SetStopLoss("", CalculationMode.Ticks, StopLoss, false);

CalculateOnBarClose = true;
if (Bars.FirstBarOfSession && FirstTickOfBar)
traded = false;
}

/// <summary>
/// Called on each bar update event (incoming tick)
/// </summary>

protected override void OnBarUpdate()

{
// Condition set 1
if (ToTime(Time[0]) > ToTime(14, 30, 0)
&& OpenPrice830(8, 30).OpenPrice[0] < ClosePrice1429(14, 29).ClosePrice[0]
&& Stochastics(4, 6, 2).D[1] < Stochastics(4, 6, 2).D[0]
&& Open[0] < Close[0]
&& traded == false)
{
EnterLong(DefaultQuantity, "EDT Long");
traded = true;
}

// Condition set 2
if (ToTime(Time[0]) > ToTime(14, 30, 0)
&& OpenPrice830(8, 30).OpenPrice[0] > ClosePrice1429(14, 29).ClosePrice[0]
&& Stochastics(4, 6, 2).D[1] > Stochastics(4, 6, 2).D[0]
&& Open[0] > Close[0]
&& traded == false)
{
EnterShort(DefaultQuantity, "EDT Short");
traded = true;
}
}

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,


Thank you for your note.

Start by moving your new bool line above #endregion.

Also move this:

if (Bars.FirstBarOfSession && FirstTickOfBar)
traded = false;


From the Initialize method and into the OnBarUpdate method at the top.