how to access bars before position.avgprice

[staycool3_a]

hi i want to set my stoploss at low[1]

low[1] = 1 bar before the position.avgprice

right now i'm using low[1] as stoploss, but it seems that if the stoploss is not hit immediatly, and bars since entry are >0 then the low[1] price is not the low before avg.price..

any idea?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

calhawk01, what exactly do you please by ' low[1] = 1 bar before the position.avgprice'?

The Low of the bar before you entered with your position?

If you just set it at Low[1] in OnBarUpdate dynamically, it will follow the swings as new Lows are defined by the bars after your entry.

[koganam]

hi i want to set my stoploss at low[1]

low[1] = 1 bar before the position.avgprice

right now i'm using low[1] as stoploss, but it seems that if the stoploss is not hit immediatly, and bars since entry are >0 then the low[1] price is not the low before avg.price..

any idea?

Position.AvgPrice comes into existence as non-zero, only when the order is executed. That points to the solution: set the StopLoss in the OnExecution() event when the order state indicates that the order has been filled.

[staycool3_a]

calhawk01, what exactly do you please by ' low[1] = 1 bar before the position.avgprice'?

The Low of the bar before you entered with your position?

If you just set it at Low[1] in OnBarUpdate dynamically, it will follow the swings as new Lows are defined by the bars after your entry.

yes by low[1] i mean the low of the bar prior to position avg price.

cant seem to figure out how to do thst

[staycool3_a]

yes by low[1] i mean the low of the bar prior to position avg price.

cant seem to figure out how to do thst

solution:

if(BarsSinceEntry("Entry1")==0) SetStopLoss(CalculationMode.Price, Low[1]);

[staycool3_a]

hi i'm trying to access the ENTRY price's bar

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long
&& Close[0] <= Low[BarsSinceEntry()])
{
ExitLong();
}

for some reason its not working properly. it exits even though close[0] has not closed below the low of entry price. COBC=true

[staycool3_a]

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long
&& Close[0] <= Variable0)
{
ExitLong();
}


the above exits on the same bar./.



if (BarsSinceEntry() > 1
&& Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long
&& Close[0] <= Variable0)
{
ExitLong();
}


but the above does exit when close[0] goes below variable[0]. variable0 is close of entry price.

[staycool3_a]

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long
&& Close[0] <= Variable0)
{
ExitLong();
}


the above exits on the same bar./.



if (BarsSinceEntry() > 1
&& Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long
&& Close[0] <= Variable0)
{
ExitLong();
}


but the above does exit when close[0] goes below variable[0]. variable0 is close of entry price.

what i'm trying to do is exit if the close[0] is less than the closing of the entry price. i'm using renko bars, therefore, i want to wait until the close[0] has been established

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

calhawk01, so you mean the low of the entry bar or the actual entry price (Position.AvgPrice) itself? From the snippets this is not clear to me. If you're working on CalculateOnBarClose = true, the script would wait until the bar is closed and evaluate your conditions, as such it would not exit intrabar on the price level breached.