How to simply choose from and define many entry conditions in one strategy

[Tomass]

Hello, in strategy, I am having variable input:

#region Variables
private int entryoption= 1; //I can choose between 1 and 2 (or more )which will be choosing between 2 entry conditions (or more)

I also have

private int entrycondition1 = 0;
private int entrycondition2 = 0;
private double entrypoint = 0;

and my condition in protected override void OnBarUpdate():

if (entryoption==1) { entrycondition1 =1; entrycondition2 =0;}
if (entryoption==2) { entrycondition1 =0; entrycondition2 =1;}
(in firts case, strategy will work with entrycondition1, in second case with entryconditon2)

now when I know which entrycondition it will use, I need to define entrypoint:

if (entrycondition1==1) { entrypoint =High[0]}
if (entrycondition2==1) { entrypoint =Low[0]}
(both of them define entrypoint, but it does not matter, because these conditions can not work at the same time, always only one of them).
finaly:
if ((entrycondition1==1)
&& (Close[0]> entrypoint))
{
EnterLong(DefaultQuantity, "long");
}

(or second option)

if ((entrycondition2==1)
&& (Close[0]> entrypoint))
{
EnterLong(DefaultQuantity, "long");
}

However, it gives me not right results....In first case entry should be above High[0], in second case above Low[0].Problem must be somewhere in entrypoint, because if I do not use entrypoint and write :
if ((entrycondition1==1)
&& (Close[0]> High[0]))
{
EnterLong(DefaultQuantity, "long");
}
it works. However I am planning to have about 10 different variable entries(entrycondition1,entrycondition2, entrycondition3 etc.), so I need this entrypoint. Lets say that logic for entry order is still the same for every entrycondition.
if ((entryconditionX==1)
&& (Close[0]> entrypoint))
{
EnterLong(DefaultQuantity, "long");
}
but only what will be defined and different for every entrycondition, will be entrypoint...How to achieve that? In my opinion, if I choose, entryoption==1, it will trigger entrycondition1==1, which will leads to entrypoint= High[0]. In otherwords - I want to achieve, that my entry logic is always same (Close[0]> entrypoint)), only entrypoint has many definitions and I will choose one of them from variables (entryoption)...What I am doing wrong?

[NinjaTrader_AlanP]

Hello Tomass,

Thank you for your note.

I'm not sure how the following could ever be true, since the highest a close of a bar could be is the high of that bar. So (Close[0]> High[0])) could not be true, but (Close[0]>=High[0])) could.

I would suggest adding prints to understand your behavior.

I’ve provided a link to a youtube video which covers an example of using prints to understand behavior:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8v_2ONBbqI&feature=youtu.be&t=48m45s

I’ve provided a link covering debugging which you may find helpful.
Debugging: http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...ead.php?t=3418

Please let us know if you need further assistance.