MASlopeBoxMulti indicator quetion

[Benluk]

I found this indicator in this forum.
I import it to NT 7. Initially I see a box with a degree, indicating a slope of a moving average. When I scroll the screen, the degree does not adjust itself. Sometimes the box or slope simply disappears. Not sure if there is some kind of setup that I need.

Any help or suggestion is appreciated.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Benluk, we would unfortunately not be intimately familiar with this custom indicator and how it was designed to work, best would be sending the original developer a PM or Email to ask.

[Benluk]

MASlopeBoxMulti indicator

I have a technical question on display the result. This indicator displays an angle of a moving average inside a rectangle box on the lower right corner of the screen. If I applies this indicator on 2 different moving averages, the angles are stacking up vertically.

I would like to make changes and display the angles horizontally.

I believe the coding is as shown below.

//the bounds offset is multipled by the box number to properly position new instances of the SlopeBox

graphics.DrawRectangle(new Pen(Plots[0].Pen.Color, 2), bounds.X + bounds.Width - 60, bounds.Y + bounds.Height - Boxnumber * 40, 46, 22);

graphics.DrawString(strDegrees.ToString(), textFont, textBrush, bounds.X + bounds.Width - 60, bounds.Y + bounds.Height - Boxnumber * 40, stringFormat);
//graphics.DrawString(MySlopeType.ToString(), textFont, textBrush, bounds.X + bounds.Width - 31, bounds.Y + bounds.Height - 40, stringFormat);


I look up NT manual for DrawRectangle and found it is different.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?barcolor.htm

Please advise what I should change or direct me to the right resources about DrawRectangle?

Thank you.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello Benluk,

Thank you for your post.

You would want to refer to the following link: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...wrectangle.htm

[Benluk]

Sorry I posted the wrong link.

I was referring to the same link as what you referred. The syntax is just different from the code. That is why I could not figure out how to change.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello Benluk,

Thank you for your response.

My mistake, this would be the C# method to draw a rectangle: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...v=vs.110).aspx

[Benluk]

Thank you for the information.
Although I do not understand this language well, by guessing what those parameters mean, it allows me to make the changes at my liking.

[Benluk]

When I use this indicator, I like using WDS and apply to 1-min chart of 144-tick chart.

The angle values appear to be reasonably correct, ranging from 0 to 60+ (same as negative). Sixty degree is considered unusually large value, never see eighty degrees.

But when I apply it to a daily chart, the angle values look unreasonable. Do not see zero or single digit, and it skips many values and jumps to more than 80 degrees and stay there. I never see a moving average sloping that steep.

The logic does not seem to be related to time frame. I expect that the calculation should also work on daily chart.

Did I do something wrong? Any idea why it happens or how to fix?

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello Benluk,

Thank you for your response.

Are you adding another bar series to your code?

Can you provide screenshots of the charts to compare?

[Benluk]

I attach 1-min chart and a daily chart. Both charts have 2 moving averages.
1-min chart has reported 38 and 22 degrees, look reasonable.
Daily chart has reported 84 and -86 degrees. The red line is just turning, expected to be a small number ranging from 0 to 10.

I could not figure it out why it behaves differently in daily chart.

You can find the zip file in this email chain and easily re-create the same scenarios. You can use other moving averages.

[Benluk]

Forgot to answer your question...I do not know this language well, and I do not know 'bar series.' I did not change coding except changing the multiple angle boxes piling up vertically to laying horizontally.

This happened before I made those changes recently. I have been using it for more than a year. It has been like that all the times and I did not say anything. Now I think it won't hurt by just asking to see if someone knows why.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello Benluk,

Thank you for your response.

I may not fully understand what you are inquiring here. Are you simply stating the plots are different from a 1 Minute to a Daily chart?

[Benluk]

Install this indicator and try HMA on your chart, using WTS or WDS calculations.
First apply it to 1-min chart. Go forward or backward to see how the degree is changing.
Second apply it to a daily chart. Go forward or backward to see how the degree is changing.

The slope (degree) looks reasonably correct on 1-min chart.
The slope (degree) looks unreasonable on a daily chart.

The coding is not time frame related. I could not figure out why.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello Benluk,

Thank you for your response.

I am seeing different slopes as the bars are different from the 1 Day to the 1 Minute chart. Can you provide an example of what you are expecting to see on the Daily chart?

[Benluk]

Okay one more time and is the last time. I attach several pictures using the following:

Product: YM 12-2014
Indicator: MASlopeBoxMulti
Moving average: HMA (14)
Slope type: WDS

1) 1-min chart. On 10/31/2014 15:15 p.m. CST, the angle was -29 degrees. Looks reasonably correct. See YM-10-31-2014 15-15 1-min chart.

2) Keep all the setting. Change the chart to daily chart.
2a) On 10/31/2014, the angle was 89 degrees. It does not look correct to me. Does it look like a perpendicular line? See YM-10-31-2014 Daily chart.

2b) Move the chart backward day by day to 10/20/2014. The angle stays at 89 degrees without changes. Again it does not look correct. See YM-10-20-2014 Daily chart.

In contrast, on 1-min chart, when you move the chart forward or backward, you will see the angle changes for each minute. This is what I expect to see on a daily chart.

2c) Move the chart backward to 10/18/2014. The angle became -88 degrees. See YM-10-18-2014 Daily chart. It does not look correct and it skips smaller changes.

In contrast, on 1-min chart, when the moving average turns and changes direction, it usually has small angle ranging from 0 to 15 degrees or 0 to -15 degrees. You can easily verify from your minute chart. This is what I expect to see on a daily chart.

Questions

The logic of calculations are the same on daily chart and minute chart, I do not understand why both behave differently. Did I do something wrong?

Do you get the same results as I do? If your chart looks correct to you, could you show your pictures to convince me?

If you still do not understand my question, then discard this post.