Exit Condition based on Position.Average Price and Close Price isn't working

[Serge A]

Hi all, can someone please help with probably a very simple question below?

I am creating a very simple condition in Strategy Builder to exit my Short position:

Default input[0]>(Position.AveragePrice*StopLossFactor); where StopLossFactor is a User Input and I have it set at 1.01

Despite this condition, my strategy exits at some random number. I tried to troubleshoot by isolating a period of time in question. I then made the strategy put Fixed String on the chart to see if any of the variables mismatch.

When Set 1 (entry into position) executes, I get the following string printed on the screen: "121.52-123.9504-130.25" that can be read as "Average Posiition Price = 121.52, Average Position Price * StopLossFactor = 123.95; Close Price = 130.25". The latter doesn't make sense since Price close on that bar is way below 122.00.

I also make sure that when I have a position, Set 1 doen'st get executed again by using a Boolean on position open and position close.

Thanks a bunch!

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello Serge A,

Thanks for your post and welcome to the NinjaTrader forums!

Can you provide a screenshot of the set with the exit order and one of the entry order set?

[Serge A]

Hi, thanks for your response. Here they are.

[Serge A]

And here is the StopLoss group

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello Serge A,

Thanks for your posts.

The observations are that you are using market order to exit so "my strategy exits at some random number." would be a possible cause/contributor of this.

In the entry conditions your code is placing the order and then immediately printing Position.AveragePrice which may not be valid because it takes more time to fill (a live or replay) order than is does for your code to execute. I recommend that you create another set where if the MarketPosition is short to then print out the position.AveragePrice and your calculations based on that.

Here is a link to a short video that shows how to construct a "Print" statement to print out bar by bar the value of your variables, bools, and Position.AveragePrice. (and anything else you wish). The output goes to New>Ninjascript output window. https://paul-ninjatrader.tinytake.co...NV8xMDk5MDc5Nw

[Serge A]

Thank you so much for your ideas! I will test them out and get back to you if I have a follow-up concern.