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[NinjaTrader_Tim]

Hi ryebank,

The details for comparing values in a multi-time script can be found here: http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...ameInstruments

[ryebank]

syntax

thanks for that

I'm trying to compare the following

(SMA(Close,8)[0] >= SMA(Close,14)[0]

However if the values of the SMA'a [0] are the same they are missed, i want it to be greater than or equal to

cheers
Rye

[NinjaTrader_Tim]

Hi ryebank,

To clarify, this is now on a single series (same time frame)?
Is this an "if" statement? Something like...

if (SMA(Close,8)[0] >= SMA(Close,14)[0])
do something;

What leads you to believe it's missed when they are the same? Keep in mind that may be a somewhat rare occurrence for them to exactly equal one another.

[ryebank]

hi

Yes single time frame.

An alert is generated if certain conditions are meet on bar[0] and one of these constraints is that SMA(Close,8)[0] is greater than or egual to SMA(Close,14)[0] - on all occasions where SMA(Close,8)[0] = 1.5362 and SMA(Close,14)[0] = 1.5362 it fails the test even though it passes all other constraints

[NinjaTrader_Tim]

Hi ryebank,

Try testing just the SMA condition by itself, to be sure what is truly happening, I tried the following, and the condition was satisfied several times.

I tried this and was able to get several instances (on a 5min ES chart dating back several months)

if (SMA(Close,8)[0] == SMA(Close,14)[0])
{
Print("Yes");
DrawVerticalLine("tag" + CurrentBar, 0, Color.Magenta, DashStyle.Solid, 4);
}

[ryebank]

ok

i've run some tests and can see that if i use '<' then it passes so that implies that the value of SMA 8 is lower that SMA 14 but in the data box it says they are the same

How do i find out what the exact values of the SMA's are if they are not the same s in the data box

[ryebank]

daily charts

another thing i've noticed is that the daily chars are not updating correctly. I see EURCAD last date 19/08/2010 and i see 09/009/2010 and for some reason can't reload historical data.

I'm connected to gain capital....any ideas

[NinjaTrader_Tim]

Hi ryebank,

You can Print the values, for example:

if (CurrentBar<15)
return;
if (SMA(Close,8)[0] == SMA(Close,14)[0])		
{
Print("Yes");
Print(SMA(Close,8)[0]);
Print(SMA(Close,14)[0]);
DrawVerticalLine("tag" + CurrentBar, 0, Color.Magenta, DashStyle.Solid, 4);
}

More in on Print()'s at: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...ead.php?t=3418

Gain does not provide Historical daily data: http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...HistoricalData

As a worksaround, you can try 1440 Minutes bars.

[ryebank]

Mta

Thanks for all the info, but i'm struggling with referencing data form a daily chart to compare that with data from a 5/15/60 minute chart

What i'm trying to achieve is this

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
if (CurrentBar < 1) return;
if (EMA(Close,8)[0] > EMA(Close,14)[0] && (make the same comparison on the daily chart) || (EMA(Close,8)[0] < EMA(Close,14)[0] && (make the same comparison on the daily chart)
do something
}
}

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello ryebank,

Please not that multi time frame indicators are only available in version 7.

You'll have to look at sampleMultiTimeFrame. Click Tools > Edit NinjaScript > strategy and open this file.

Documentation is available here.

Once you've added the daily series in the Initialize, its close value is then accessed with Closes[1]

Example:
if (EMA(Closes[1], 8)[0] > EMA(Closes[1],14)[0] )