NinjaTrader Close[1] on Renko Chart

[OllieFeraher]

Hi,
Close[0] > Close[1]
Is not working when I have my chart on the renko chart.
I can't call any lagged values for the previous renko bars on my time series, doing so causes my indicator to stop working.
How could I fix or work around this?

Kind regards,

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello OllieFeraher,

Welcome to the NinjaTrader forums!

What do you mean by not working?

Do you mean the close of the most recently updated bar is equal to or less than the close of the previous bar?

Can you provide output from prints showing the issue?
https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...121#post791121

Print the time of the bar, print all values in the condition along with labels for each value and comparison operator.

Save the output to a text file, and include this with your reply.

[OllieFeraher]

As in

When I add this to my script it works.
double oldClose = Close[0];

When I change this to
double oldClose = Close[1];
It does not work.

I just wish to reference the previous renko bars.

The code compiles fine in all cases but my bands, similar to bollinger bands fail to show up in the second.

[OllieFeraher]

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
//Add your custom indicator logic here.

if(Close[0] > Close[1] && Close[1] > Close[2] && Close[2] > Close[3]){
Draw.Dot(this, "4UP-" + CurrentBar, true, 0, Close[0] + 40, Brushes.Yellow);
}

}

So this works find on CandleSticks and HeikenAshi the dots show up easily, but they do not show up on Renko.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello OllieFeraher,

That would mean the condition is not evaluating as true.

Print the time of the bar and all of the values with labels to find out why.

Also, are you checking the Drawing Objects window to confirm there are no drawing objects drawn?

[OllieFeraher]

Rewritten so one condition must evaluate to true and one false so I can't see it being that.

Works on candlesticks still does not work when chart is in Renko.

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
//Add your custom indicator logic here.

if(Close[0] > Close[1]){
Draw.Dot(this, "4UP-" + CurrentBar, true, 0, Close[0] + 40, Brushes.Yellow);
}

if(Close[0] <= Close[1]){
Draw.Dot(this, "4UP-" + CurrentBar, true, 0, Close[0] - 40, Brushes.Red);
}

}


plus any Close[1] causes my indicator to not work.

[OllieFeraher]

This is what the print is giving me in the output.

Print("Close[0]" + Close[0]);
Print("Close[1]" + Close[1]);


Close[0]33490
Indicator 'RenkoTest': Error on calling 'OnBarUpdate' method on bar 0: You are accessing an index with a value that is invalid since it is out-of-range. I.E. accessing a series [barsAgo] with a value of 5 when there are only 4 bars on the chart.

[OllieFeraher]

Issue fixed.
Cause, a silly assumption.
I did not think to make sure my currentbar was high enough and assumed it was an issue with renko itself because this did not happen with regular candlesticks

Thank you for Chelsea

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello OllieFeraher,

Are there errors appearing on the Log tab of the Control Center?
if that is the only code in OnBarUpdate(), using Close[1] would cause an error as there is no check there are at least 2 bars.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/indicator-development/1046200-indicator-that-calculate-in-different-chartime?p=1048513#post1048513

Use Prints to understand.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-7/strategy-development-aa/99209-date-conditions-not-working?p=791121#post791121

Open the Drawing Objects window after enabling the script, take a screenshot, provide the screenshot.

Video to demonstrate.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XO8SfHFxXU4Q6rMiiCOxIMoGKihmry8Q/view?usp=drivesdk