I am trying to code a simple 30 minute strategy I read about, which requires entry if certain conditions are true plus the price crosses above the prior bar's close for long or below it for short. It's failing on the CrossAbove and CrossBelow statements I am using. If I comment them out, it works, abeit incorrectly. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

 

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if (Low[0] <= Low[1] && Close[1] < Open[1] && CrossAbove(Close, Close, 1) //&& (High[1]-Low[1])/TickSize > tHold) { EnterLong(1, "Long"); }   // Condition set 2 if (High[0] >= High[1] && Close[1] > Open[1] && CrossBelow(Close, Close, 1) //&& (High[1]-Low[1])/TickSize > tHold) { EnterShort(1, "Short"); }

You don't need to use CrossAbove(), and you don't use it like it must be used.
The arguments of CrossAbove are two dataseries, so, for example, the cross above a SMA(7) and a SMA(34) is:

 

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CrossAbove(SMA(7), SMA(34), 1)

If you want

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the price crosses above the prior bar's close for long or below it for short.

it's, for Long:

 

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if (Close[0] > Close[1])

sam028 

You don't need to use CrossAbove(), and you don't use it like it must be used. The arguments of CrossAbove are two dataseries, so, for example, the cross above a SMA(7) and a SMA(34) is:   Code CrossAbove(SMA(7), SMA(34), 1)  If you want it's, for Long:   Code if (Close[0] > Close[1])

That fixed it, thank you very much! You da man!