Question on addOrder and EntryPrice

[playful_fiat#5872]

I'm confused why this line of code keeps returning NaN for the buy_price even though my chart shows there are orders entered. I need this buy_price so that I can then determine profit and stop loss targets.

AddOrder(OrderType.BUY_TO_OPEN, long_condition, open[-1], 1, Color.ORANGE, Color.ORANGE, "Long @ " + open[-1]);

buy_price =EntryPrice();

AddLabel(yes, "Long @" + buy_price, Color.ORANGE);

 

[halcyonguy]

I'm confused why this line of code keeps returning NaN for the buy_price even though my chart shows there are orders entered. I need this buy_price so that I can then determine profit and stop loss targets.

AddOrder(OrderType.BUY_TO_OPEN, long_condition, open[-1], 1, Color.ORANGE, Color.ORANGE, "Long @ " + open[-1]);

buy_price =EntryPrice();

AddLabel(yes, "Long @" + buy_price, Color.ORANGE);

@playful_fiat#5872
....it is hard to diagnose code issues when people don't provide the complete code.
please post complete code when asking questions.
we don't know what your buy condition is, so we can't test it.

....entryprice() will be set to,
the close of the bar when addorder( buy ) is processed, and retain that value during the trade.
when the addorder( sell ) happens, the value changes to N/A.
EXCEPT, on the last bar. looking at my test study, EVERY last bar on EVERY stock i look at, shows entryprice to be N/A. so maybe there is some anomaly on the last bar?

....labels display values from the last bar.
so if there isn't an active trade on the last bar, entryprice() will be N/A.
BUT, entryprice() seems to be N/A on the last bar, so... that is what will be shown in a label.


learn to add bubbles to display variable values,to help with debugging. sometimes things don't work as we expect, and a bubble value may show it. (i didn't know about the last bar and entryprice).

here is a test study i made to show entryprice during an addorder trade

# test_entryprice_00

def bn = barnumber();
def e = 11;
def f = 19;

def b = bn % e == 0;
def s = bn % f == 0;


#def ent = if isnan(entryprice()) then 0 else entryprice();
def ent = entryprice();

#AddOrder ( int type, IDataHolder condition, IDataHolder price, IDataHolder tradeSize, CustomColor tickColor, CustomColor arrowColor, String name); 

AddOrder(  OrderType.BUY_TO_OPEN, b, open[-1], 1, color.green, color.green , "buy" );
AddOrder(  OrderType.sell_TO_close, s, open[-1], 1, color.red, color.red , "sell" );

addchartbubble(1, low,
ent
, (if isnan(ent) then color.gray else color.yellow), no);

#

functions - other
EntryPrice
https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others/EntryPrice

portfolio
GetAveragePrice
https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Portfolio/GetAveragePrice