Indicator that highlights hammers

[WeyldFalcon]

Hello,
I have been searching through the indicators to see if I can find an indicator that will help me highlight range hammers based on my criteria. For example, if I have range 8 anything with a tail of 5-7 to be considered a hammer, or for range 6 I want anything with a tail of 5 to be considered a hammer. I am unsure how to find this in the huge list of indicators.
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello WeyldFalcon,

Thanks for your post.

Please use the indicator CandleStickPattern in your platform.

You can select Hammer or Inverted Hammer as a pattern to detect.

The indicator also provide a +1 signal when the pattern is found so you can use it in a strategy, the strategy builder, and the market analyzer.

[WeyldFalcon]

Hello Paul,
Thank you for your quick response. I played around with the built-in candlestick indicator. The built-in indicator does not allow you to select how long the wick is for the hammer. In my example I stated that I need to be able to select the wick length.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello WeyldFalcon,

Thanks for your reply.

Understood, there is no means to adjust that in the stock indicator.

To accomplish your goal then you would need to create a custom indicator.

If you would like to create one we can provide you with Ninjascript references to help.

If you would like one created for you, we can provide a link to 3rd party programmers in the NinjaTrader Ecosystem.

[WeyldFalcon]

Hello Paul,
Let's start by providing the NinjaScript references to help me code it myself.
Thank you in advance for those links.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello WeyldFalcon,

Thanks for your reply.

Based on your other thread I have to ask, are you working with Ninjatrader8 or Ninjatrader7?

[WeyldFalcon]

Hello Paul,
NT8, why do you ask? I assumed everybody was using 8 now.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello WeyldFalcon,

Thanks for your reply.

I ask because both of your threads are posted under NinjaTrader7 forums. I will move this one to the NinjaTrader8 forums.

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[WeyldFalcon]

Thank you for moving it.

[WeyldFalcon]

for those interested, this is what I created.
if (Close[0]/TickSize>Open[0]/TickSize && Math.Round((Open[0]-Low[0])/TickSize, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero)>=WickSizeMin && Math.Round((Open[0]-Low[0])/TickSize, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero)<=WickSizeMax) //hammer
BarBrush = BarColorUp;
else if (Close[0]/TickSize<Open[0]/TickSize && Math.Round((High[0]-Open[0])/TickSize, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero)>=WickSizeMin && Math.Round((High[0]-Open[0])/TickSize, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero)<=WickSizeMax) //inverted hammer
BarBrush = BarColorDown;