Trade Entry not following Strategy Conditions and Actions

[hdge4u]

i have a strategy builder condition as part of an IF ALL condition set that i understand will do the following: Enter when the swing low is higher than the previous swing low.

I am describing the condition here: when the Swing Low with a (5) strength 10 Bars Back is LESS THAN the Current Swing Low with a (5) Strength.....see attached

Attached is the chart markup. showing an entry entering into swing low weakness. see attached.

Please advise.

Note:
Fastswing is a setting 5
Painted Bars are setting 5 where Green is a Swing Low

[hdge4u]

im running this strategy in playback and its also entering on lower lows instead of lower highs. the attached is using a Swing Strength 2 to highlight the undesired behaviour. Those trades should not have happened. please advise.

[hdge4u]

No, the logic "Swing Low[10] < Swing Low[0]" is not the same as "Swing Low[0] > Swing Low[10]". They represent opposite conditions.

The logic "Swing Low[10] < Swing Low[0]" checks if the swing low that occurred 10 bars ago is lower than the current swing low. This condition is evaluating whether the price has made a lower low over the specified period.

On the other hand, the logic "Swing Low[0] > Swing Low[10]" checks if the current swing low is higher than the swing low that occurred 10 bars ago. This condition is evaluating whether the price has made a higher low over the specified period.

[hdge4u]

so i corrected the logic: then why is it still entering on lower lows. its not even using 10 bars back.

Swing Low[0] > Swing Low [10]

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello hdge4u,

Swing Low[10] < Swing Low[0] would mean that the current bar swing is greater than the swing from 10 bars ago.
Swing Low[0] > Swing Low[10] would mean that the current bar swing is greater than the swing from 10 bars ago.

These would mean the same thing.

Debug using prints to understand the behavior.

Print the time of the bar, print all values being compared in the condition along with labels.

Attach the output saved to a text file with your next post.

Below is a link to a forum post on using Print() and TraceOrders to understand behavior.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-7/strategy-development-aa/99209-date-conditions-not-working?p=791121#post791121

Note, the swing indicator changes its historical values. A bar in realtime may not have a swing on it, then if you check it 10 bars later the value 10 bars ago may have changed.
Printing the values would make this clear as well.

[hdge4u]

i figured as such. thank you thank you for your response! it is good to know the logic is flexible like that. i will work on getting it debugged to ultimately understand why it does what it does.