How Do I Create a SMA Plot of Another Indicator?

[LarryRay]

Hi,
I have created my own indicator (I call PN) which plots a line on any chart similar to a Simple Moving Average. This indicator works fine and plots exactly as it should. Now I want to show another indicator on my charts that is a SMA of my PN indicator.

I have been trying to create this new indicator for about a week and haven't been able to figure out how to do this. Is this because the SMA will only work with Open, High, Low, Close and Volume data? I thought that I could use the data series from the PN indicator values to create the new SMA indicator plot. Is this not possible? I read that indicators could be used as inputs to other indicators but I must be misunderstanding something.

If someone could help me with this or point me to where I find out more about this issue I would really appreciate your help. Thanks.
LarryRay

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

Hi,
I have created my own indicator (I call PN) which plots a line on any chart similar to a Simple Moving Average. This indicator works fine and plots exactly as it should. Now I want to show another indicator on my charts that is a SMA of my PN indicator.

I have been trying to create this new indicator for about a week and haven't been able to figure out how to do this. Is this because the SMA will only work with Open, High, Low, Close and Volume data? I thought that I could use the data series from the PN indicator values to create the new SMA indicator plot. Is this not possible? I read that indicators could be used as inputs to other indicators but I must be misunderstanding something.

If someone could help me with this or point me to where I find out more about this issue I would really appreciate your help. Thanks.
LarryRay

Please see this video. Although its for NinjaTrader 7, the concept is the same in NinjaTrader 8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQRxnFzsUVA&index=20&list=PL82A14C398CA140D7

[LarryRay]

Thanks

Ray,

Thank you so much for pointing me to this video. I am using NinjaTrader 7 so it is exactly what I needed to know. From now on I will look through all of the training videos to see if they have already addressed my questions.

LarryRay

[LarryRay]

Another Question

Hi,

I have one more question about this SMA that I created for my PN indicator. It looks good on my chart, but is there any way that I can use the values shown on this SMA line in a strategy that I am creating? If so, how do I refer to this value in a strategy?

Thanks for your help.

LarryRay

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hi LarryRay,

Indicators are typically called with an index to access a value on a public series.

For example:

MyCustomIndicator(Parameter1, Parameter2)[0];

or

MyCustomIndicator()[0];

or

MyCustomIndicator().MyCustomPublicSeries[0];

Depending on the public inputs and series created in the script.

Below I am providing a link to a helpful forum post with information about getting started with NinjaScript.

http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?p=503609#post503609

[Cormick]

Chelsea Chelsea The answer is not helpful, and the provided link is a general reference one.

Why not provide a direct helpful Specific answer for a change, to that simple of a question?

diff1 = (Math.Abs(SMA(Close, 20)[0] - SMA(ATR(), 20)[0] ));