Swing look-back comparison

[KINGKODA]

Hello,

I am working on a Swing Strategy and my goal is to identify Higher Swing Highs.

It seems like Condition Builder is limiting look back to bars ago, but that is not what I need. Attached is a picture for reference. I want to create one of the following conditions:
(SwingHigh.0 > SwingHigh.1) OR (SwingHigh.1 > SwingHigh.2)

How can I do this? (Compare the current Swing High to the Prior Swing High?)

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello KINGKODA,

Thanks for your post.

The Strategy Builder would limit you to looking at the Swing high/low values on a bar by bar basis. If you want to be able to use the full power of Swing to look back at Swing high/low occurrences you would need to unlock the code and work directly in the script using the overloads found here: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...-us/?swing.htm

Otherwise, an approach in the strategy builder may be to compare the current swing value to one stored in a variable that you create. If the current swing is higher then save the current swing into the variable. Depending on your needs you could reset the variable at the start of each session or simply based on a time interval.

[KINGKODA]

Thanks Paul,

What would the condition look like if I unlocked the code and started working on it through NinjaScript Editor directly?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello KINGKODA,

Thanks for your reply.

Something like:

double newestHigh = High[Math.Max(0, Swing(5).SwingHighBar(0, 1, 50))];
double previousHigh = High[Math.Max(0, Swing(5).SwingHighBar(0, 2, 50))]

if (newestHigh > previousHigh)
{
// do something
}