hey mike - i did what you said and figured out my logic issue. if anyone wants the code for trailing pivots i came up with i can post. many thanks

one quick follow up question - I am struggling with coding renkos as data2 for triggering entries and exits. my issue comes with data1 (regular minute bars) having many more bars than data2 (renkos). when there are no renkos in data2 - i get entries and exits on data1.

Im sure there is some boneheaded function i am missing. I tried using "barstatus <> = -1" but that only fixed some of my incorrect entries on data1.

What am i missing?