how to ignore first signal

[Kowal]

Hi,

I am trying to achieve sth like this:

When position is Long - ignore first crossbelow of two SMA's and exit on second crossbelow.
I wrote a strategy (code below) but it exits on first crossbelow every time. Logic looks good for me however it doesnt work. Any suggestion how to make it work would be very welcome.

Regards

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat)
{ second = false;}

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long
&& CrossBelow(SMA(3), SMA(14), 1)
&& second == false)

{second = true;}

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long
&& CrossBelow(SMA(3), SMA(14), 1)
&& second == true)

{ExitLong("","");}


if (High[0] > High[1])
{
EnterLong(1, "Long");
}

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

What do you mean by not working? What are you seeing right now? Are you running with CalculateBarOnClose = false? If you are it is very possible to have two simultaneous ticks trigger the exit even though this was only the first bar crossing.

[Kowal]

Well, let me put it this way - strategy works, but do not work as I want to, I mean it exits on first signal instead second one.
I use CalculateBarOnClose = true.
Thanks for quick answer... as always.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Well here's the deal. You need to put them as if-else if statements not if-if statements. Right now it evaluates the first if-statement and then goes right on ahead and evaluates the second one immediately. That is why it is still exiting on your "first" crossover.

[Kowal]

Great! "Else if" was a solution.
Thank You!