Counting Number of Bars from an event

[Sangui]

Hi, I am working in my own ZigZag indicator and I need to count the number of bars that appear after an event. To uderstand what I mean, please take a look to the following PDF and video.

The PDF is an explanation of what I need to measure.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sbieqmbiy3cuf5m/Problem%20description.pdf?dl=0

The video is to see how the indicator works.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hrvg1rrc5exmy01/problem.mp4?dl=0

Thanks in advance!

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello Sangui,

Thank you for the post.

You will need to save the value of CurrentBar when the line is drawn on the bar.

Any bar after the line is drawn will have a greater CurrentBar value, so keep a count of any bar after the flagged one (the one with a line touching it).

More on CurrentBar here:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?currentbar.htm

If questions come up or if we may be of any further assistance, please let us know.

[Sangui]

Dear Chris,

Yes I am already using this, but the counters don't work well and I don't know why.

You can see the rare behaviour in the following PDF:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/598g2s8v83wrvde/problem%202.pdf?dl=0

The part of the code that takes care of the counting of the bars down:

with if(dir==1) sentence (a new PIVOTUP is being created):


if(IsFalling(lineaUP) && cayendo) // the bars stars to fall from the previous PIVOTUP (not confirmed yet)
{
BarrasDOWN=BarraActual; //BarraActual are the bars in progress
cayendo=false;

}

if(IsRising(lineaUP)) {cayendo=true; BarrasDOWN=BarraActual+1;} //BARRAS DOWN are the falling bars

if(!cayendo && (BarraActual-BarrasDOWN+1)>=2 && 100*Bars.PercentComplete>50 ) // THIS IS THE CONDITION FOR CHANGING FROM dir=1 to dir=-1 (that is, a new PIVOTDOWN would be in progress... (1: falling, 2: 2 falling bars as minimu,, 3: the bar is 50% completed)
{
cayendo=true; BarrasDOWN=BarraActual+1;
IndiceUP++;
PIVOTDOWN=Low[0]; lineaDOWN[0]=PIVOTDOWN; bPIVOTDOWN2=BarraActual; PIVOTDOWN2 = lineaDOWN[0];
dir=-1;
}

Any suggestion or example with similar idea that I can check?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello Sangui,

Thanks for the reply.

Please either post your code file here or email it to platformsupport[at]ninjatrader[dot com] and reference the link to this forum post in the body of the email.

Indicator/Strategy files will be found in Documents/NinjaTrader 8/bin/Custom

I look forward to your reply.

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello Sangui,

Thanks for the reply.

Please either post your code file here or email it to platformsupport[at]ninjatrader[dot com] and reference the link to this forum post in the body of the email.

Indicator/Strategy files will be found in Documents/NinjaTrader 8/bin/Custom

I look forward to your reply.

Hello, I wanted to ensure you saw my previous post.

[Sangui]

Yes, I am sorry about the delay in my reply. I am still testing the solution of previous mail. I will comeback just un case I dont succeed 😉