No new longs 'til I get a short signal?

[5iver]

I thought it would be simple, but if I wanted to define the condition that I could only initiate a long trade once (at a long entry signal) and then wait for a short signal and enter short once etc etc, how might I do that?

For instance, I'm practising with a simple "if price opens > than this MA; enter long". I don't want it to keep entering long every subsequent time a new bar opens > than the MA. The next trade must be a short at a short signal. Whether it ever comes is another matter

If that makes any sense at all?

The Entries per Direction works, but not for this, because as soon as my previous trade closes (stopped or take profit) that opens the door for another in the same direction.

Many thanks for any help

p.s. I'm only using the wizard. I'm not a code-savvy user, sadly.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Hi 5iver, have you tried using a CrossAbove condition as entry combined with the EntriesPerDirection?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

What you want to do is create yourself temporary variables. For your long condition you want to check for the temp variable to be true otherwise no trading (except for maybe the first entry). When you get short you set the variable to true.

Untested code

if (condition && (wasShort || firstTrade))
{
     EnterLong();
     firstTrade = false;
     wasShort = false;
}

if (short conditions)
{
     EnterShort();
     wasShort = true;
}