Help with Gap bar indicator

[hchandrashe]

Hello,

I am a recent NT customer. I am looking for some help creating a simple indicator in NT8.

I was able to make the below into an alert, but I would like it as an indicator on the chart. I would appreciate if someone can throw a code snippet.

BullGapBar:

Place a dot on the candlestick 2 bars ago if all the 4 conditions below are true:

Close (3 bars ago) >= Open (3 bars ago)
Close (2 bars ago) >= Open (2 bars ago)
Close (1 bar ago) >= Open (1 bars ago)
Low (1 bar ago) > High (3 bars ago)

And similarly for the bear case:

BearGapBar:

Place a dot on the candlestick 2 bars ago if all the 4 conditions below are true:

Close (3 bars ago) <= Open (3 bars ago)
Close (2 bars ago) <= Open (2 bars ago)
Close (1 bar ago) <= Open (1 bars ago)
High(1 bar ago) < Low (3 bars ago)

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello hchandrashe,

Thanks for your post.

So a code snippet for the bull case:

if (Close[3] >= Open[3] &&
Close[2] >= Open[2] &&
Close[1] >= Open[1] &&
Low[1] >= High[3]
{
Draw.Dot (this, "tag"+CurrentBar, true, 0, Low[2], Brushes.Orange);
}

From that you should be able to build the bear code.

Here is the helpguide link for the Draw.Dot: http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG.../?draw_dot.htm

[hchandrashe]

Thanks. I tried it and it doesn't do anything.

Even having the statement without the condition doesn't do anything to the chart. I have a simple 5 min candlestick chart.

Draw.Dot (this, "tag"+CurrentBar, true, 0, Low[2], Brushes.Orange);

I have a feeling I am missing some display related setting.

[tradesmart]

You'll need to make sure that your chart has at least 3 bars, since your lookback requires that many:

if (CurrentBar > 2)
{ 
    // your code here
}

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello hchandrashe,

tradesmart is correct here. You can find more details at the following link: http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...ead.php?t=3170