Current current price bar in historical testing

[mww1615]

I am trying to set up a strategy that moves stop loss prices as the price increases but when I view in debug mode, the value Close[CurrentBar], does not change but I can see that the value of CurrentBar is increasing. The code is in the OnBarUpdate() method.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello mww1615,

Series use barsAgo values for indexes.

0 bars ago would be the current bar.

Using Close[CurrentBar] would return the close price of the first bar on the chart not the current bars close. This wouldn't change because that bar is already closed.

Below is a public link to the help guide on Close.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/close.htm

[mww1615]

I am trying to backtest a strategy with changing stop losses and when I check the value of CurrentBar, it increases each time thru so I assumed close[CurrentBar] would be getting the price that was currently being evaluated on the chart. Here is the code I am trying to run to change the stop loss price based on how much the price has increased. Can you please give me a suggestion of how I can do this.

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
{
double p = Close[CurrentBar];
if ( Close[CurrentBar] >= (entry_price + 6 * TickSize) && controlOne)
{
SetStopLoss("stopOrder", CalculationMode.Price, Position.AveragePrice, true);
controlOne = false;
}
else if (Close[CurrentBar] >= (entry_price + 12 * TickSize) && !controlOne)
{
SetStopLoss("stopOrder", CalculationMode.Price, Position.AveragePrice + 4* TickSize, true);
}
}

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello mww1615,

Use a bars ago index of 0 bars ago as demonstrated in the help guide.

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