EMA CrossAbove

[traderhawk]

Hi,

I have this code in a strategy to mark when the medium ema value crosses above a slow ema value. The values can be entered in with the user interface..

Code is this where I want to start to do something...

if (CrossAbove(emaMedium, emaSlow, 8))

Does this mean that all 8 bars have to meet this condition all just 1 bar in 8?

But what is happening is It marks a point when emaMedium is below the emaslow when 1 bar has the medium ABOVE the slow....which I don't want to do.


Thanks..

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello traderhawk,

Thanks for your post.

When creating CrossAbove()/CrossBelow() conditions, the lookback period determines the number of bars back to check for the cross above condition.

For example, if you call (CrossAbove(emaMedium, emaSlow, 8)) then this will look to see if emaMedium crosses above emaSlow within the last 8 bars.

See this help guide page for more information: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...crossabove.htm

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