Using size of entry trigger candle in ticks as a profit target in strategy builder

[johnMoss]

Example: A long order fires and the close of that firing bar, minus its entry point, in ticks, is used to set the target tick value. In doing so, the entry fires as expected and then immediately exits 1 tick up. Currently Have:

From Entry Signal @ "Long"
Mode Ticks
Value (Default input(0) - (Open(0))

Have tried other setups, plus 1 bar back etc., playing with the math functions & keep getting 1 tick exits.

Thoughts?
Thanx

JM

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello JM,

Thanks for your post.

To clarify, when the order is placed by the strategy you are wanting to calculate the Close price minus the Open price, convert that value to ticks, and pass that value into your profit target offset. Is that correct?

Close[0] - Open[0] would return a price, not a number of ticks. It is not possible to convert the price to ticks in the Strategy Builder. The Strategy Builder is limited to doing very simple mathmatics and there is not method or function available for converting price to ticks in NinjaScript. Converting price to ticks would require unlocking the code from the Strategy Builder and manually coding your own custom logic to calculate that value.

[johnMoss]

Yeah that's what I thought. Code yes, SB no...

Thank You !

JM