Enter and exit too far from the crossover

[Mathias79]

How can I enter and exit closer to the crossover, please see image. I've tried "on bar close", "on each tick" and "on price change." and they are all doing the same.

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello Mathias79,

Thanks for your post.

If you would like to have an action such as placing an order or drawing an object on the chart right when the crossabove/crossbelow condition occurs, you could set your script to Calculate.OnPriceChange and set the lookback period property to 0 when calling CrossAbove()/CrossBelow() in the script. Then, call your entry order within the condition.

By doing so, this will check if the crossabove/crossbelow condition occurs on the current bar and calls your Entry order method.

See the help guide documentation below for more information.

CrossAbove(): https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...crossabove.htm
CrossBelow(): https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...crossbelow.htm
Calculate: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help.../calculate.htm

[Mathias79]

How would I do that in the strategy builder?

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello Mathias79,

Thanks for your notes.

You could set Calculate mode to OnPriceChange on the 'Default Properties' screen of the Strategy Builder.

Then, in the 'Conditions and Actions' screen of the Strategy Builder you could create a CrossAbove/CrossBelow condition and set the 'Lookback period' property to 1.

See the 'How to create a crossover condition' section of this help guide page: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...on_builder.htm

[Mathias79]

I've done that, I've entered "0" in the look back period under "Cross Below" like it shows in your image but after I select OK, it changes back to 1. please see attached image

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hell Mathias79,

Thanks for your notes.

Setting the Lookback Period setting to 1 for a CrossAbove/CrossBelow condition would be correct and I edited my previous post to reflect this.

When using Calculate.OnPriceChange and CrossAbove/CrossBelow with a Lookback Period of 1 would allow the strategy to do an action once the crossover occurs.

I have attached a simple sample strategy created using the Strategy Builder demonstrating this.

Here is a demonstration video showing the strategy submitting an order when the crossover condition occurs: https://brandonh-ninjatrader.tinytak...OV8yMjI0NjQ5NA

[Mathias79]

Question for you... you posted this link in another post, it is related to something I'm researching. The link it's taking me to "page not found"
Do you have the correct link for this?

SampleEnterOnceExitEveryTick -https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...either_cal.htm

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello Mathias79,

Thanks for your notes.

I have linked the reference sample below for you to view. Please let me know if this link does not lead to the help guide page.

SampleEnterOnceExitEveryTick: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...either_cal.htm

That said, you could find the reference sample in the help guide by running a search in the help guide for "SampleEnterOnceExitEveryTick".