setting a buy order 25% above a swing low

[hdge4u]

what are the non coding specifications to set such that when price is 25% above a swing low to enter?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello, thanks for writing in. I am going to provide information about the strategy builder. The builder can only perform arithmetic on the single indicator values, so you can add or subtract hard coded values but not variables (such as 25% of the closing bar).

The calculation, in general, is (High - Low) * 0.25;

The condition if((Swing(Close, 5).SwingHigh[0] + (High[0] - Low[0]) * 0.25) < Close[0])

[twomeangreens]

I'm having trouble replicating your results in the strategy builder. What am I missing?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi, unfortunately you can not do this in the strategy builder. The builder can not perform arithmetic on variables, only hard-coded values. Something like this would need to be written in the NinjaScript Editor.

[twomeangreens]

this is what I have in the editor

if ((Swing1.SwingHigh[0] + ((High[0] - ((Low[0] * 0.25) )) ))  < Close[0])
            {
                EnterLong(0, @"long");
            }​

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi, unfortunately, I will not be able to debug your code for you but as a courtesy this time, I can tell you that EnterLong() needs at least 1 in the quantity field, and from the screen shot it looks like you have this code snippet outside of the OnBarUpdate method. The best way to debug a script to see data that it is processing is to use the Print function. See more details on this here:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-7/strategy-development-aa/99209-date-conditions-not-working#post791121