Order Entry Logic.

[Gille1983]

I have three conditions that have to be met before I enter a position. I initially had the conditions as follows:

if (strxav2 == "DT" && strxav1 == "DT")
if (strsingle == "MACD Cross DOWN")
if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat)
{
Print("-----------RGAuto:" + strsingle);
Print("single:" + strsingle + " XAV1:" + strxav1 + " Xav2:" + strxav2);

{
int m = 0;
EnterShortStopLimit(0, true, 1, High[0] - 10 * TickSize, High[0] - 10 * TickSize, "DT+DT");//
RegistryKey key = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Ninja Trader7\MyScalper");
key.SetValue("Signalname", "DT+DT.Short");
key.Close();
}
}


But I found that only this condition was being adhered to and an order placed "if (strxav2 == "DT" && strxav1 == "DT")" it failed to catch the other two.

Is it possible that this will work;

if (strxav2 == "UT" && strxav1 == "UT") eventTotal++;
if (strsingle == "MACD Cross UP") eventTotal++;
if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat) eventTotal++;

if (eventTotal == 3)
{
Print("-----------RGAuto:" + strsingle);
Print("single:" + strsingle + " XAV1:" + strxav1 + " Xav2:" + strxav2);

{
int n = 0;
EnterLongStopLimit(0, true, 1, High[0] + 2 * TickSize, High[0] + 2 * TickSize, "UT+UT");
RegistryKey key = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Ninja Trader7\MyScalper");
key.SetValue("signalname", "UT+UT.Long");
key.Close();
}
}


Do I need to place anything in protected override void Initialize() ?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi Gille1983, thanks for your question.

The group of IF statements in incorrect. To group boolean conditions together you must use the && or || operators.

See here for a guide on using these:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/boolean-logical-operators

https://csharp.net-tutorials.com/control-structures/if-statement/

Please let me know if I can assist any further.