price touches bollinger. but would like 5 ticks before

[SteveReiza]

i'm attempting to code a strategy that has a candle come close to a bollinger line that calls for an entry. the thing is i don't want to enter on price touching the line. i want to enter on price within 5 ticks of the line. is there logic for this?

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello SteveReiza,

Thanks for your post.

You could consider offsetting the Bollinger indicator by 5 ticks to see if the current market price (Close) is say equal to that value.

TickSize would be used to offset a value by a set number of ticks.

For example, Bollinger(2, 20).Lower[0] - 5 * TickSize would be 5 ticks below the lower Bollinger band.

if (Close[0] == Bollinger(2, 20).Lower[0] - 5 * TickSize)

{
//do something
}

See the help guide documentation below for more information.

Bollinger Bands: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...nger_bands.htm
TickSize: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...8/ticksize.htm

[SteveReiza]

awesome, that's what i was looking for. thank you so much!