if I need to have a bool called from an indicator to stay valid

[kaywai]

for 5 bars irrespective of what it may actually be in the indicator for those 5 bars, how do I actually go about achieving that?

I am asking this question because if I am in a trade and it so happens that I exited that trade 2 bars after the bool became true AND there was an opportunity to enter a new trade but the bool was no longer valid because the position was not flat at the time the bool became valid.

Regards

Kay Wai

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Kay, it sounds like you would then need a second bool that tracks only the bars elapsed since it became valid / true?

[kaywai]

Hi Bertrand,

would you mind providing an example of what you mean?

From the little that I understand, if the first bool changes, the second bool would change too, no?

Regards

Kay Wai

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Not necessarily Kay, consider the example where for example bool2 flips to 'true' if bool1 is true and then you track the barnumbers and set bool2 to false after your 5 bars. This would not 100% track bool1 but be what seek I believe from my understanding so far.

Thanks,