Consecutive Bars

[bgump55]

Looking for help to build an order script that will buy the open of a bar if the two prior bars are both green, and sell on that same bar’s close. Basic coding using Open[]/Close[] doesn’t seem to be helping.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello bgump55,

Welcome to the NinjaTrader forums!

Print(string.Format("{0} | IsFirstTickOfBar: {1} && Close[0]: {2} > Open[0]: [3] && Close[1]: {4} > Open[1]: {5}", Time[0], IsFirstTickOfBar, Close[0], Open[0], Close[1], Open[1]));

if (IsFirstTickOfBar == true && Close[0] > Open[0] && Close[1] > Open[1])

[bgump55]

Thank you!

[bgump55]

Follow up. I would like to set stop and profit once I enter trade using the code below. The SetStopLoss and SetProfitTarget in the State.Configure section don't seem to be working at all. Is there a way to say if ticks = -8 exit or if ticks = 16 exit?



bool market_open = ToTime(Time[0]) > 080000 && ToTime(Time[0]) < 133000;
bool tradeOpen = false;
double Bar1len = Close[0] - Open[0];
// double influenceBar = High[4] - (Open[2]+3);

if (market_open && IsFirstTickOfBar == true && Close[0] < Open[0] && Close[1] < Open[1] && Close[2] > Open[2] && Bar1len < -1.25)

EnterShort();
tradeOpen = true;

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello bgump55,

else if (State == State.Configure)
{
SetStopLoss(CalculationMode.Ticks, 16);
SetProfitTarget(CalculationMode.Ticks 8);
}

[bgump55]

So that doesn't seem to work. It enters the trade but closes it only at End of Day. It makes one trade a day. Here is the whole code:


namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Strategies
{
public class Test2Unlocked : Strategy
{
protected override void OnStateChange()
{
if (State == State.SetDefaults)
{
Description = @"Enter the description for your new custom Strategy here.";
Name = "Test2Unlocked";
Calculate = Calculate.OnBarClose;
EntriesPerDirection = 1;
EntryHandling = EntryHandling.AllEntries;
IsExitOnSessionCloseStrategy = true;
ExitOnSessionCloseSeconds = 30;
IsFillLimitOnTouch = false;
MaximumBarsLookBack = MaximumBarsLookBack.TwoHundredFiftySix;
OrderFillResolution = OrderFillResolution.Standard;
Slippage = 0;
StartBehavior = StartBehavior.WaitUntilFlat;
TimeInForce = TimeInForce.Gtc;
TraceOrders = false;
RealtimeErrorHandling = RealtimeErrorHandling.StopCancelClose;
StopTargetHandling = StopTargetHandling.PerEntryExecution;
BarsRequiredToTrade = 20;
// Disable this property for performance gains in Strategy Analyzer optimizations
// See the Help Guide for additional information
IsInstantiatedOnEachOptimizationIteration = true;
}
else if (State == State.Configure)
{
SetStopLoss(@"8", CalculationMode.Ticks, 0, false);
SetProfitTarget(@"16", CalculationMode.Ticks, 0);
}
}

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
if (BarsInProgress != 0)
return;

bool market_open = ToTime(Time[0]) > 080000 && ToTime(Time[0]) < 133000;
bool tradeOpen = false;
double Bar1len = Close[0] - Open[0];

if (market_open && IsFirstTickOfBar == true && Close[0] < Open[0] && Close[1] < Open[1] && Close[2] > Open[2] && Bar1len < -1.25)

EnterShort();
tradeOpen = true;


}
}
}

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello bgump55,

SetStopLoss(string fromEntrySignal, CalculationMode mode, double value, bool isSimulatedStop)

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/setstoploss.htm

You have the fromEntrySignal named "8" but there is not entry order with the name "8". The fromEntrySignal attaches the stop loss to a specific entry. Your entry has no signalName so this should be an empty string.

You have the number of ticks set to 0. The distance in ticks has be 1 or greater. If you supply a 0, no stop will be submitted.

Have you tried the code I suggested to you in post # 5?

[bgump55]

Ah ok I see it now! Yes yes this makes lots of sense. Thank you again!