BarsSinceEntry - int entriesAgo

[GreenTrade]

Can I please get clarification on how this works in a multi time frame strategy? The help guide states the following:

The following method signature should be used when working with multi-time frame and instrument strategies:

BarsSinceEntry(int barsInProgressIndex, string signalName, int entriesAgo)

signalName - The signal name of an entry order specified in an order entry method. Pass in empty string "" for default signal.
barsInProgressIndex - The index of the Bars object the entry order was submitted against. See the BarsInProgress property.
entriesAgo - Number of entries ago. Pass in 0 for the number of bars since the last entry.

My confusion comes from the last parameter, entriesAgo. It states to pass in 0 for the number of bars since the last entry. I am entering a trade in the secondary time frame off of signals in the primary time frame. So when I call BarsSinceEntry I use BarsSinceEntry(1, "ShortEntry", 0) but when I call this I do not know how many bars have passed. I guess I am just asking to clarify what should go into the entriesAgo parameter. I do not call BarsSinceEnty immediately but more likely after a number of bars have passed or not at all in some trades. Thanks!

GT

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

It is not the number of bars passed. It is the number of entries ago. Thank you for pointing out the typo.

0 means latest trade. 1 means prior trade. etc.

[GreenTrade]

Thanks for the response. I was hoping it meant something else so maybe that could be my fix. On to try something else. Thank!

GT