Help with a strategy

[Aramunno]

Any ideas why this short strategy is not placing orders? When I put it on a chart it will not initialize. It remains with a (D) in the right top corner.

#region Using declarations
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using NinjaTrader.Cbi;
using NinjaTrader.Gui;
using NinjaTrader.Gui.Chart;
using NinjaTrader.Gui.SuperDom;
using NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools;
using NinjaTrader.Data;
using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript;
using NinjaTrader.Core.FloatingPoint;
using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators;
using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.DrawingTools;
#endregion

//This namespace holds Strategies in this folder and is required. Do not change it.
namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Strategies
{
public class Athena : Strategy
{
private int ReversalNumber;


protected override void OnStateChange()
{
if (State == State.SetDefaults)
{
Description = @"Buy/Sell at previous bars high. Reversing on loss.";
Name = "Athena";
Calculate = Calculate.OnPriceChange;
EntriesPerDirection = 1;
EntryHandling = EntryHandling.AllEntries;
IsExitOnSessionCloseStrategy = true;
ExitOnSessionCloseSeconds = 30;
IsFillLimitOnTouch = false;
MaximumBarsLookBack = MaximumBarsLookBack.TwoHundredFiftySix;
OrderFillResolution = OrderFillResolution.Standard;
Slippage = 0;
StartBehavior = StartBehavior.WaitUntilFlat;
TimeInForce = TimeInForce.Gtc;
TraceOrders = true;
RealtimeErrorHandling = RealtimeErrorHandling.StopCancelClose;
StopTargetHandling = StopTargetHandling.PerEntryExecution;
BarsRequiredToTrade = 20;
// Disable this property for performance gains in Strategy Analyzer optimizations
// See the Help Guide for additional information
IsInstantiatedOnEachOptimizationIteration = true;
TP = 12;
MaxReversals = 4;
AllowReversals = true;
StartHour = DateTime.Parse("18:00", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) ;
EndHour = DateTime.Parse("15:45", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) ;
StartingSize = 1;
ReversalNumber = 0;
}
else if (State == State.Configure)
{
AddDataSeries(Data.BarsPeriodType.Tick, 1);
SetProfitTarget(@"Close Order", CalculationMode.Ticks, TP);
SetStopLoss(@"Stop Loss", CalculationMode.Ticks, (High[1] + (1 * TickSize)) , false);
}
}

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
if (BarsInProgress != 0)
return;

if (CurrentBars[0] < 2)
return;

// Set 1
if
// LongEntry
(High[2] <= High[1])
{
EnterShortStopLimit(StartingSize, (Low[1] - (1 * TickSize)), (Low[1] - (1 * TickSize)) , "");
}

}

#region Properties
[NinjaScriptProperty]
[Range(1, int.MaxValue)]
[Display(Name="TP", Description="Take Profit in Ticks", Order=1, GroupName="Parameters")]
public int TP
{ get; set; }

[NinjaScriptProperty]
[Range(1, int.MaxValue)]
[Display(Name="MaxReversals", Description="Number of reversal trades allowed", Order=2, GroupName="Parameters")]
public int MaxReversals
{ get; set; }

[NinjaScriptProperty]
[Display(Name="AllowReversals", Description="Allow Reversals?", Order=3, GroupName="Parameters")]
public bool AllowReversals
{ get; set; }

[NinjaScriptProperty]
[PropertyEditor("NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.TimeEditorKe y")]
[Display(Name="StartHour", Description="When to start Trading", Order=4, GroupName="Parameters")]
public DateTime StartHour
{ get; set; }

[NinjaScriptProperty]
[PropertyEditor("NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.TimeEditorKe y")]
[Display(Name="EndHour", Description="Stop Trading at this time", Order=5, GroupName="Parameters")]
public DateTime EndHour
{ get; set; }

[NinjaScriptProperty]
[Range(1, int.MaxValue)]
[Display(Name="StartingSize", Description="Initial Trade Size", Order=6, GroupName="Parameters")]
public int StartingSize
{ get; set; }
#endregion

}
}

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello Aramunno, thanks for writing in.

Whenever you get strategy/indicator initialization problems like this, always check the Log tab of the Control Center. There should be no data indexing within the OnStateChanged method. To set your stop loss based on the price, call SetStopLoss right before the entry order in OnBarUpdate.

(High[2] <= High[1])
{
SetStopLoss(@"Stop Loss", CalculationMode.Ticks, (High[1] + (1 * TickSize)) , false);
EnterShortStopLimit(StartingSize, (Low[1] - (1 * TickSize)), (Low[1] - (1 * TickSize)) , "");
}

Please let me know if I can assist any further.