unable to use barssinceexit(1) but able to print it

Hello,

I'm basically trying to avoid an entry if there was already an entry closed in the previous bar. So just to be sure I decided the avoid entries at least for 3 bars after the last trade so I made this code:

 

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if (EntriesToday(Date) > 0 = true) then begin if barssinceexit(1) > 3 then canEntry= true else canEntry= false; if barstatus = 2 then print("barssinceexit(1) = ", barssinceexit(1)); end; if marketposition = 0 and canEntry then begin

The problem is that by adding "canEntry" in the " if marketposition = 0 and canEntry then begin" the strategy doesn't perform any trade. By removing canentry the backtest is showing 731 trade.
Ok so I tryied to print barssinceexit(1) and it work!!!!! It is correclty showing values in the Output as this exampe:

 

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barssinceexit(1) = 0.00 barssinceexit(1) = 1.00 barssinceexit(1) = 2.00 barssinceexit(1) = 3.00 barssinceexit(1) = 4.00 barssinceexit(1) = 5.00 barssinceexit(1) = 6.00 barssinceexit(1) = 7.00 barssinceexit(1) = 8.00 barssinceexit(1) = 9.00 barssinceexit(1) = 10.00 barssinceexit(1) = 11.00 barssinceexit(1) = 12.00 barssinceexit(1) = 13.00

So if I'm able to PRINT it then barssinceexit(1) HAS a value and why my code is basically never doing a trade? --------> Why canEntry is always false?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

David