Beta 11 & 12 problems

[dadof3and3]

Greetings,
I have found that when I call an indicator function, say MACD() it returns 0 as well as say RSI(). Now in Beta 8 it did return values...is there anything that I need to be aware of?

I have an indicator, D3Spotter (v31), that uses many sub-indicators such as MACD(), RSI(), CCI(), etc that in beta 12 is returning zeros, can't plot zeros

This indicator works in v6.5 and ports to NT7 with no errors, yet when you import this indicator there is not plot due to the zero readings coming from the function.

Any suggestions?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

dadof3and3,

I suggest you strip down your indicator to bare essentials to replicate your issue. Then you can start adding layers of complexity back in to find the line that causes errors. Unfortunately there is no direct course of action I can prescribe. You will just have to slowly debug to find where in your code it breaks so you can adjust it.

Hint may be to watch how you are adding your indicators. If you are creating instances of indicators try commenting out those lines first and just call the indicator methods directly for your printouts.

[dadof3and3]

Got it, thanks Josh!

Well, I was using the IDataSeries to assign the specific indicator (CCI, RSI, MACD) to it but I was making the assignment in the Initialize() portion of the code. I now make the assignment in the OnBarUpdate() like this...

if (CurrentBar == 0) Indicator = CCI(Period);

I'm sure that will be backward compatiable with 6.5

your comments appreciated!

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

In 7, we recommend using such assignments in OnStartUp(). OnStartUp() would not be 6.5 compatible, but it is more clean than a if (CurrentBar == 0) check in OnBarUpdate().