Using IOrder to keep an order active

[daven]

I have a strategy which currently compiles and runs, but I have an issue that is complicating my ability to improve this strategy. This is a simple strategy which monitors a series of variables and sets a boolean flag to go long or go short when those conditions are present. Within an acceptable golong or goshort condition I want to enter an order limit. since the conditions can exist for multiple bars, and the order may not fill on one or more of those bars, I need a way to set the goLong and goShort variables to null after a trade is closed, but not when there is an active order in place. To accomplish this I tried using IOrder as follows.
I put the following statement just above the on order update line:

			private IOrder entryOrder = null;

and then I added the following code just below the onBarUpdate() line.

			if(entryOrder = null && Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat)
				{
				goLong.Set(false);
				goShort.Set(false);
				}

As soon as I added these statements the code no longer compiled and I got a lengthy list of errors including:
CS1513
CS1518
CS1041
CS0116
CS1001
CS1022

The errors include } expected; Expected class, delegate, enum, interface, or struct;
Identifier expected, 'this' is a key word; A namepsace does not directly contain members such as fields or methods, Identifier expected; and Type or namespace definition, or end-of-file expected.

Clearly I am not using IOrder properly but I copied it directly from the sample, and I just don't know what I did wrong. Can you offer any guidance, or perhaps there is a different way to reset my goLong goShort variables when the trade is over, without resetting them when flat but a limit order is in place?

Thanks

DaveN

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello daven,
To assist you further may I know is the variable goLong/goShort are boolean values or DataSeries?

I look forward to assisting you further.

[daven]

IOrder continued

I made it a Boolean Data Series:

		private BoolSeries goLong;
		private BoolSeries goShort;

Then in the Initialize section:

			goLong = new BoolSeries(this);
			goShort = new BoolSeries(this);

Then in the OnBarUpdate Section

			if(Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat)
				{
				goLong.Set(false);
				goShort.Set(false);
				}

But here is where the problem is, because with the current code, both goLong and goShort get reset to false if there is no open position, but I want the limit entry to endure past one bar because the good entries often occur after a bit of congestion, and that is when I want to enter the order. I need a variable which is true when the long or short conditions continue, even if there is an active order.

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello DaveN,
You have appended the initial code as

if(entryOrder [COLOR="Red"]=[/COLOR] null && Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat)
{
	goLong.Set(false);
	goShort.Set(false);
}

The correct code will be

if(entryOrder [B]==[/B] null && Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat)
{
   //do stuffs
}

[daven]

That fixed it, but I had to move the entryOrder initialization into the variables section where it belongs.
Thanks so much for your help. I really do appreciate it,
DaveN

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello DaveN,
Thanks for your note.
Please let me know if I can assist you any further.