Entering Position before moving averages cross

[tpearson00]

How do I create a condition for entering a position when two moving averages are 5 ticks or less from each other?

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello tpearson00,

Thank you for your post.

You can either subtract the value of one moving average from the other and check if this is less than 5 ticks. Both code examples below do the same thing:

if (Math.Abs(EMA1[0] - EMA2[0]) < 5 * TickSize)

or

if (Math.Abs(EMA1[0] - EMA2[0]) * TickSize < 5)

Multiplying by the tick size converts it to the value in ticks.


Please let me know if you have any other questions.

[tpearson00]

Thank you!