price of candle going through sma for four candles. is there code for this?

[SteveReiza]

i'm trying to code an automated strategy that involves price of a candle running through an sma line. is there logic for this? i'm trying to have price of candle go through sma of low 3 four times. then on fifth candle the whole candle is below the sma. is there code for that? from bars ago it reads the 1st candle is completely below the sma. 2,3,4,5 bars ago price of candle intersects sma.

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello SteveReiza,

Thanks for your post.

I am not certain I understand exactly what you want to accomplish based on the information provided.

When you mention "sma of low 3 four times" are you referring to the Low price being less than the SMA indicator plot?

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[SteveReiza]

thanks for reply. i attached what i was referring to. there is three candles that have a bollinger line go through them. that's what i'd like to code. there is an instance of four candles like this on a keltner channel line that i want to make into a strategy - i scratched the sma idea.

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello SteveReiza,

Thanks for your notes.

You could check if the Bollinger().Middle[0] plot is less than the High[0] price of the bar and create a condition checking if the Bollinger().Middle[0] plot is greater than the Low[0] price of the bar. This would need to be checked for barsAgo 0, barsAgo 1, and barsAgo 2 to check for 3 bars in a row.

The CountIf() method could be used to accomplish this by surrounding the single condition with (condition1 && condition2).

See this help guide documentation for more information about the CountIf() method and sample code: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...t8/countif.htm
Bollinger: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...nger_bands.htm

[SteveReiza]

oh that's awesome. yes! that's what i was looking for. many thanks!