Bar pattern recognition

[Grantx]

I have experience developing with C# however I dont have any experience with Ninjascript. I would like to know what the best way to achieve the following code would be:

Using volume/tick/unirenko bars:
1. Price gets to within 5 ticks distance of a S/R level which I have defined on my chart.
2. Shape of the candle has a wick of certain tick and body of certain size. (Pinbar type)
3. When these two conditions are met, sound an audio alert with popup, and change the colour of the candle or something like that.

I am happy to figure out ninjascript, or develop in C# on my own. Before re-inventing the wheel though, has something similar been done already?

Many thanks.

[aligator]

I have experience developing with C# however I dont have any experience with Ninjascript. I would like to know what the best way to achieve the following code would be:

Using volume/tick/unirenko bars:
1. Price gets to within 5 ticks distance of a S/R level which I have defined on my chart.
2. Shape of the candle has a wick of certain tick and body of certain size. (Pinbar type)
3. When these two conditions are met, sound an audio alert with popup, and change the colour of the candle or something like that.

I am happy to figure out ninjascript, or develop in C# on my own. Before re-inventing the wheel though, has something similar been done already?

Many thanks.

Grantx,

Yes, there are several similar bar pattern indicators around (i.e. PinBar, InsideBar, etc.) that you can easily modify for you purpose. Just scroll through NT7 and NT8 indicators under downloads area.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=4&id=359

or just do a general search in Ninja Forum or download area.

Cheers!

[Grantx]

Excellent thank you so much for that download. I had a quick look at the code and I dont see any error handling. Is this normal or are errors caught and handled by ninjatrader?

[aligator]

Excellent thank you so much for that download. I had a quick look at the code and I dont see any error handling. Is this normal or are errors caught and handled by ninjatrader?

I have not looked at this indicator, but if there are errors your code will not compile in NinjaTrader. Usually, it will list your errors in a generic way with line numbers at the bottom that should not be hard to handle for someone experienced with C#.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Grantx,

I wanted to further mention that any run time errors are generally caught by a try and catch and will stop the script and log the error in the Log tab of the Control Center.

[Grantx]

Thanks for clarifying Chelsea.