Best way to determine if Close was below an Indicator for Period of Time/Bars

[Dragon989]

Hello,

Is there a cleaner way to keep track of how many bars closed below and indicator. This is what I'm currently doing.

				if (Close[0] < SMA1[0])			
				{ 
					BelowSMA = BelowSMA + 1;
				}
				else
				{
					BelowSMA = 0;
				}

Thank You!

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello Dragon989,

Thank you for the question.

If you are simply trying to count the number of occurrences, that would likely be the most simple way to do that. The only other simplification that could happen here would be to instead use

if (Close[0] < SMA1[0])			
{ 
	BelowSMA++;
}

If you are trying to get a number of bars between the last occurrence of the condition and now, you could also use the CurrentBar for that.

if (Close[0] < SMA1[0])			
{ 
	BelowSMA = CurrentBar; //bar where the event happened
}

// then where you want to check the number of bars you would subtract the variable from the CurrentBar

Print("Bars Since Last Event: " + (CurrentBar - BelowSMA ));

I look forward to being of further assistance.