Help Getting Custom Trailing Stop working

[Graeham9]

I recently migrated to NT8 after being a long time ToS and Pine Script user. I'm currently almost done converting my strategy into Ninja Script with just one small hiccup. I eventually learned that you cannot use SetTrailStop and SetStopLoss for the same position and that you must just have SetStopLoss begin to change its value after a certain point. I've been crutching ChatGPT a good bit (ik ik not great), but i cant seem to find out why my SetStopLoss "Trailing Stop" isn't being respected until one candle later. I've provided some images showing where the strategy is exiting, but with a red arrow pointing to where it should be exiting (this is where my pine strategy exits). If anyone knows how I can fix this or can point me in the direction of where a fix is that would be super helpful!!! Sorry if this is a newbie question

Here is my code:

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
{
double unrealizedProfit = Position.GetUnrealizedProfitLoss(PerformanceUnit.C urrency, Close[0]);
if (!trailStopActivated && unrealizedProfit >= TpPoints * TickSize * Position.Quantity * 5)
{
currentStopLoss = Position.AveragePrice;
SetStopLoss("Long", CalculationMode.Price, currentStopLoss, false);
trailStopActivated = true;
tickCount = 0;
}

if (trailStopActivated)
{
double newStopLoss = High[0] - TrailOffset * TickSize;
if (newStopLoss > currentStopLoss)
{
currentStopLoss = newStopLoss;
SetStopLoss("Long", CalculationMode.Price, currentStopLoss, false);
tickCount++;
}
}
}

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Short)
{
double unrealizedProfit = Position.GetUnrealizedProfitLoss(PerformanceUnit.C urrency, Close[0]);
if (!trailStopActivated && unrealizedProfit >= TpPoints * TickSize * Position.Quantity * 5 )
{
currentStopLoss = Position.AveragePrice;
SetStopLoss("Short", CalculationMode.Price, currentStopLoss, false);
trailStopActivated = true;
tickCount = 0;
}

if (trailStopActivated)
{
double newStopLoss = Math.Min(currentStopLoss, Low[0] + TrailOffset * TickSize);
if (newStopLoss < currentStopLoss)
{
currentStopLoss = newStopLoss;
SetStopLoss("Short", CalculationMode.Price, currentStopLoss, false);
tickCount++;
}

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Graeham9,

Below is a link to an example, ProfitChaseStopTrailSetMethodsExample, that you can use as a template.

https://support.ninjatrader.com/s/article/Profit-Chase-Stop-Trail

If you want to debug your script to understand the behavior so the logic can be adjusted, add debugging prints. Print the date and time of the bar and price being supplied to SetStopLoss() one line above where the method is called. Enable TraceOrders and print the order.ToString() object in OnBarUpdate().

Below is a link to a support article on using prints and TraceOrders to understand behavior.

https://support.ninjatrader.com/s/article/Developer-Guide-Debugging-using-Print-and-TraceOrders

Save the output to a text file (right-click the output window > Save as) and attach this to your next post.

[Graeham9]

Thank you!!!