20% and 80% lines of stochastic indicator

[jack1234]

How to specify the condition where stochastic indicator cross below the 80% line or cross above the 20% line in strategy builder?

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

The attached pictures contain the requested settings. Please let us know if there are any other ways we can help.

[jamesmjones00123]

Similar question for Ninjascript

I have:

AddChartIndicator(Stochastics(stochPeriodD, stochPeriodK, stochSmooth));

The chart is displayed with indicator lines and 20 and 80. How do I change those in Ninjascript?

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_AlanP]

Hello jamesmjones00123,

AddChartIndicator is a NT8 method and will not work in NT7.

To change the default value of the 2 lines as part of the Stochastics, you could use the following in NT7,

protected override void Initialize()
{
	Add(Stochastics(Close, 2,10,30));
			
	Stochastics(Close, 2,10,30)[B].Lines[1].Value=20 ;[/B]
	Stochastics(Close, 2,10,30)[B].Lines[0].Value=10 ;[/B]

	CalculateOnBarClose	= true;
}

Please let us know if you need further assistance.

[jamesmjones00123]

I'm using NT 8, how do I do it in that code? Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_JoshG]

Hello jamesmjones00123,
Thanks for your response.

To accomplish the same thing in NT8 you could do something similar to the following snippet to set your lines to 40 and 60.

else if (State == State.DataLoaded)
			{
				AddChartIndicator(Stochastics(stochPeriodD, stochPeriodK, stochSmooth));
				Stochastics(stochPeriodD, stochPeriodK, stochSmooth).Lines[0].Value = 40;
				Stochastics(stochPeriodD, stochPeriodK, stochSmooth).Lines[1].Value = 60;
			}

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

[hisanoster]

Hello

How do I specify the condition where stochastic indicator is below (instead of cross below) the 80% line or above (instead of cross above) the 20% line in strategy builder?
I have tried following the instruction above by using "Greater" and "Less" operator but that does not seem to work.

[hisanoster]

Line 1 & 2 together is valid.
Line 3 by itself is valid.
Combining Line 1, 2 and 3 is INVALID.

What am I doing wrong here?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello hisanoster,

Thanks for your post and welcome to the Ninjatrader forums!

To create an or condition, you would need to create a "group" with both of the conditions and set the group to "If any" (instead of the default of "if all")

Please see the help guide here for an example that creates a group (the example uses "if all"): https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ateTimeFilters

Here are the educational resource available on the strategy builder:
Free live webinar every other Thursday at 4:00 PM EST, through this link to all webinars: https://ninjatrader.com/PlatformTraining
Previous recording of the Strategy Builder 301 webinar: https://youtu.be/HCyt90GAs9k?list=PL...auWXkWe0Nf&t=2
Help guide for the strategy builder: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...gy_builder.htm

[hisanoster]

Hi Paul, thanks.

However, what I would like is to have all of the following conditions to be true to be qualified for order execution.

1) Stochastic K line to be greater equal than line 20
2) Stochastic K line to be less equal than line 80
3) Stochastic K line to be greaer than D line

Do you see a conflict in my conditions?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello hisanoster,

Thanks for your reply.

I misunderstood/misread your conditions as wanting to be above 80 and less than 20, my mistake.

No, I do not see a conflict with your conditions.

I have attached an example of your conditions and using the Strategy Builder to show when those collective conditions are true by coloring the background of the chart silver.

[hisanoster]

Paul,

Thank you.
When I combine with additional conditions, it just does not calculate.. do you see any issues with this below?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello hisanoster,

Thanks for your reply.

I do not see any issues based on the limited information presented.

What I recommend would be to debug your strategy by constructing a print statement where you can print out all of the values involved in that sets conditions on a bar by bar basis and then compare your chart to those values to see what isn't working.

To assist here is a short video that demonstrates the process: https://paul-ninjatrader.tinytake.co...NV8xMDk5MDc5Nw

[hisanoster]

Thanks Paul.