Age of Position in Bars

[BarzTrading]

What's the best approach for getting the age of a Position in bars.


If this is just a matter of tracking everything via OnPositionUpdate I can do that and record the CurrentBar at the time the Position is created. But is there a simpler way I'm missing?

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello BarzTrading,

Thanks for your message.

You may consider using BarsSinceEntryExecution and/or BarsSinceExitExecution for this task.

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{ 
  if (CurrentBar < BarsRequiredToTrade) 
      return; 
 
  // Only enter if at least 10 bars has passed since our last exit or if we have never traded yet
  if ((BarsSinceExitExecution() > 10 || BarsSinceExitExecution() == -1) && CrossAbove(SMA(10), SMA(20), 1))
      EnterLong();
}

BarsSinceEntryExecution - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...yexecution.htm

BarsSinceExitExecution - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...texecution.htm

Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

[eDanny]

You have a typo Jim:
if ((BarsSinceExitExecution() > 10 || BarsSinceExitExecution() == -1)

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Thanks eDanny,

Maybe the rest of the text was cut off by the browser or code block?

The full line reads:

if ((BarsSinceExitExecution() > 10 || BarsSinceExitExecution() == -1) && CrossAbove(SMA(10), SMA(20), 1))