#region Using declarations using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators; using System; using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations; #endregion namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Strategies { public class VXXTrendBot : Strategy { private SMA shortTermTrend; private SMA longTermTrend; protected override void OnStateChange() { if (State == State.SetDefaults) { Name = "VXX Trend Bot"; Description = @"Taken from chapter 6 of Buy the Fear, Sell the Greed (2018) by Larry Connors"; Calculate = Calculate.OnBarClose; EntriesPerDirection = 1; ShortTermTrendPeriod = 10; LongTermTrendPeriod = 30; } else if (State == State.DataLoaded) { shortTermTrend = SMA(ShortTermTrendPeriod); longTermTrend = SMA(LongTermTrendPeriod); } } protected override void OnBarUpdate() { if (CurrentBar < Math.Max(ShortTermTrendPeriod, LongTermTrendPeriod)) return; if (CrossBelow(shortTermTrend, longTermTrend, 1)) EnterShort(); if (CrossAbove(shortTermTrend, longTermTrend, 1)) ExitShort(); } public override string DisplayName { get { return Name; } } #region Properties [NinjaScriptProperty] [Display(Name = "Short-Term Trend Period", GroupName = "VXX Trend Bot", Order = 1)] public int ShortTermTrendPeriod { get; set; } [NinjaScriptProperty] [Display(Name = "Long-Term Trend Period", GroupName = "VXX Trend Bot", Order = 2)] public int LongTermTrendPeriod { get; set; } #endregion } }