5 min avg on a tick chart

[BuckDharma]

Anyone know a way to add a 5 min avg indicator to a 750 tick chart?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello BuckDharma,

Thanks for your note.

You can add a Simple Moving Average indicator to your chart by following these steps:

Right-click the chart > select Indicators.

• In the indicators list on the left, find and select SMA
• Click the 'New' button to add the indicator to your chart
• Click OK to close the Indicators window.

Below is a link to the help guide on Working with Indicators. Please refer to the section 'How to add an indicator'.
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...indicators.htm

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[BuckDharma]

But doesn't that just put a SMA of the past 5 bars? I want a 5 min SMA on a 750 Tick chart.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello BuckDharma,

I apologize, there were instructions missing from my reply.

You will need to add a second data series that will be hidden. Then the indicator will need to use this data series to calculate its values.

The following completed steps can help you set this up.

• If your chart is open right-click and select Data series. If not begin creating a new chart by clicking File > New > Chart.
• In the data series window on the left select the instrument you would like to add. (Example ES 03-13)
• Add two sets of that instrument by clicking the New button twice
• Keep the first data series with the default parameters (750 tick interval)
• For the second change the following parameters
  - Period -> Type -> Minute
  - Period -> Value -> 5
  - Chart Style -> Chart Style = Line on Close
  - Chart Style -> Color = Transparent
  - Visual -> Panel = 1
• Click OK on the data series window
• Next open the indicators window by right clicking the chart and choosing Indicators
• Scroll to the SMA indicator and click New
• In the SMA parameters find Data -> Input series and click the “…”. This will open the Input Series window.
• In the Input Series window click the “+” preceding the second data series (Example “ES 03-13 (5 Min)”)
• Click to highlight “Close”, then click OK
• Click OK in the Indicators window

Please let me know if this does not resolve your inquiry.

[BuckDharma]

Perfect! Thanks.

[koganam]

But doesn't that just put a SMA of the past 5 bars? I want a 5 min SMA on a 750 Tick chart.

If you followed the instructions exactly, then you should have SMA(5) of the 5 min bars. We can confirm it if you would show a picture of your configuration GUI that comes up if you wanted to inspect or add indicators.

[abdunbar]

If you followed the instructions exactly, then you should have SMA(5) of the 5 min bars. We can confirm it if you would show a picture of your configuration GUI that comes up if you wanted to inspect or add indicators.

I see that this works but the priority for bar spacing seems to be the minute chart. Is it possible to make the tick bars uniformly spaced and the minute bars appear only close to their closing time?

[NinjaTrader_Matthew]

When you added a second data series, the chart will use non-equidistant bar spacing and the bars will be aligned by time.

Please see our Help Guide article on Working with Multiple Data Series for further explanation:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/working_with_price_data.htm

[abdunbar]

Yes, thanks, I see that. was just wondering if there was a way to make the tick bars equidistant and the minute bars non equidistant.

I am thinking it could be done by writing a special indicator for my tick chart and base the indicator on 15min data? Perhaps would have to construct a data series to hold the 15min data or is it possible to reference 15min data even though it is not on the chart?

Archie