How to properly save values into an array when using for loop

I'm trying to push cumDistance into cumDistances array for every iteration of the for loop but I am having trouble.

var inTrade = false
var entry = 0.
var exit = 0.
distance = 0.

entryCon = ta.crossover(ta.rsi(close, 10), 20) and not inTrade
exitCon = ta.crossunder(ta.rsi(close, 10), 80) and inTrade

cumDistances = array.new_float()
for i=1 to 5
    if entryCon[1]
        entry := close[1]
        inTrade := true

    if exitCon[1]
        exit := close[1]
        inTrade := false
        distance := exit - entry*i

    cumDistance = ta.cum(distance)
    array.push(cumDistances, cumDistance)

The values inside the cumDistances array that I get are all the same:

1. -43.41588
2. -43.41588
3. -43.41588
4. -43.41588
5. -43.41588

.

if entryCon[1]
    entry := close[1]
    inTrade := true

if exitCon[1]
    exit := close[1]
    inTrade := false
    distance := exit - entry*i //changed i to 1,2,3,4,5

cumDistance = ta.cum(distance)

If I run the code without for loops(like the code just above), these are the values of cumDistance I get for their respective iteration.

1. 0.02016
2. -10.83885
3. -21.69786
4. -32.55687
5. -43.41588

It seems that the array cumDistances only saves the value of cumDistance for the last iteration of the for loop to all index of the array.

How do I fix this?

EDIT:
Response to elod008:

cumDistances = array.new_float()
for i=1 to 5
    var distances = array.new_float()
    if entryCon[1]
        entry := close[1]
        inTrade := true

    if exitCon[1]
        exit := close[1]
        inTrade := false
        distance := exit - entry*i
        array.push(distances, distance)


    cumDistance = array.sum(distances)
    array.push(cumDistances, cumDistance)
    //array.clear(distances) <---- placing this here, I will get NaN,NaN,NaN,NaN,Nan as result

plot(array.size(cumDistances), "no. of index", display=display.data_window)

table1 = table.new(position.top_right, 10, 10)
table.cell(table1, 0, 0, str.tostring(array.get(cumDistances, 0)) + ", "
                         + str.tostring(array.get(cumDistances, 1)) + ", "
                         + str.tostring(array.get(cumDistances, 2)) + ", "
                         + str.tostring(array.get(cumDistances, 3)) + ", "
                         + str.tostring(array.get(cumDistances, 4)))

I ran your code. There seems to be no error in the calculation. What you're experiencing is that ta.cum() works on a series float and sums for you the absolute total as it is supposed to.<br><br>However if your conditional that adds new values to the array is false in some iterations, ta.cum() receives n times the default 0.0 of distance, what does not meet your expectations. Your array gets pushed the series cumDistance altered by the built-in function then.<br><br>
I would not recommend using ta.cum() in this case. I'd rather collect and sum up the relevant results in a var variable/object/matrix etc. depending on your needs.

You declare both entry and exit as close[1], which means that you just do the same calculation five times and push it into array (also five times). I assume you want to cycle over the last 5 bars; in this case, you need to change close[1] to close[i] so that on each loop iteration, it requests the close value farther into the past.