A CandleStick in a bar with the same Open and Closing price has no body. The outline top/bottom identifies the Opening and Closing price. If the outline is Transparent the bar will not show the Opening and Closing price, only the Wick, if it has one. If all trades were at the same price there would be no Wick and the bar would be blank.
I first reported this problem in NT 5.
It wasn't fixed in NT 6 so I reported it again and created an NT 6 Shared Indicator.
It wasn't fixed in NT 7 so I reported it again and created an NT 7 Shared Indicator DrawCandleClose available at http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...d=4&linkid=653 .
It wasn't fixed in NT 8 so I created an NT 8 Shared Indicator DrawCandleClose available at http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...d=7&linkid=700
CandleStick charts with Transparent outlines create very clean, easy to read charts (Data Series - Candle outline - Color - Transparent), especially when they have a Black background. I find these Chart colors much easier to read than the default and have made them my default Chart colors.
http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...d=7&linkid=700 has an image that shows four Candlestick charts of the same data:
Top - Default with Black colored Candle Body Outline
Second - Transparent colored Candle Body Outline. Notice that the Open and Close price on some bars can not be determined because the candle has no body. If all trades were at the same price there would be no Wick and the bar would be blank.
Third - Same as Second but the DrawCandleClose Indicator has drawn a Hash at bar Close when Open and Closing price are equal.
Bottom - Same as third but the DrawCandleClose Indicator has drawn a WhiteSmoke Hash at bar Close when Open and Closing price are equal. Chart has Black Background with all Black markings replaced with WhiteSmoke color.
Unfortunately, View Enlarged Thumbnail is still broken in NinjaScript File Sharing so I have attached a copy of the image.
From everything I have seen so far in NT 8, it is great and a pleasure to work with.
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