Starting Out Programming

[kipper]

Could someone please point me in the right direction on were I can get started.
This is what I would like to happen.

If the MACD Diff on close is greater than 0 and MACD moving average is greater than 0 then the candles on the chart are coloured green.

[Elliott Wave]

I would recommend setting getting the logic/code right using the strategy wizard first. Then copy that to a new indicator and use the "BarColor" function where you would normally have an order entry.

The strategy wizard is great but the indicator wizard is surprisingly useless, so try to get as much code as you can from the strategy wizard.

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,


Good suggestion Elliot Wave. Thanks!
The Indicator Wizard there to assist with the skeleton set up for an indicator so it requires more coding by the user.

[kipper]

Thanks Elliott, Yes that is much easier to use, 1 more question is I am having trouble with entering the value of "0" for the cross of the MACD above zero, should I use a "My Input Valve" then what would be the Type, default, Min be set to or use a user variable input. Are these variables set to 0, 1, 2 etc?
The rest I understand, thanks for your help

[Elliott Wave]

Int should be fine, default doesn't matter and min should be in the negatives -10 for example (because the MACD histogram will be going into the negatives as well as positive).

You don't really need to use a variable though. In the condition builder for cross above/cross below you can use "Numeric Value" which is in the blue section (misc I believe).