BarsSinceEntry() question

[dafonseca]

I am trying to set up a exit order which only triggers the SMA (condition1) if some number of bars has passed since the porisiton has been opened. However, when i use the code below no order is generated (even on strategy analyzer).
What I ve been doing wrong?

if (CrossAbove (Medians[1][0], SMA (BarsArray[1],SMACycle) ,1) && BarsSinceEntry() > 20)
{
ExitLong();
}

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

You may want to try adding a BIP for the BarsSinceEntry() condition along with the exit. There isn't any way for me to know what other logical checks are/aren't being met with just this statement.

BarsSinceEntry(int barsInProgressIndex, string signalName, int entriesAgo)

Note: When working with a multi-series strategy the BarsSinceEntry() will return you the elapsed bars as determined by the first Bars object for the instrument specified by the barsInProgressIndex.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?barssinceentry.htm

Debugging tips (Specifically you'll want to add prints or drawing objects before and inside the if statement to check values): http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...ead.php?t=3418

Let me know if I can further assist.

[zachj]

Why does this work...
if (BarsSinceExit(series, "" ,0) > 1 || BarsSinceExit(series, "" ,0) == -1)

but if you try to use it with BarsSinceEntry it doesn't work? It won't trigger any trades with BarsSinceEntry.

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

You'll want to isolate it further by printing out something like this just before your print statement

Print(BarsSinceEntry(0, "", 0) );

And compare it to

Print(BarsSinceExit(0, "", 0) );

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?barssinceentry.htm