Determining if SMA peak is greater than a previous peak

[matth1]

Hi!

I'm new to this so thanks for your assistance in advance.

I'm trying to determine if the SMA(10) is indicating a trend. I would like to define a trend by saying the most recent peak must be higher than the previous peak, and the most current trough is higher than the previous trough.

I'm struggling to understand how I would code this though...

How could I define current/previous peaks and troughs?

Are there any inbuilt functions that could be used? i.e. can I use the slope of the SMA line? or would I need to check that the SMA(10) on a particular bar is greater (for peak) or less than (for trough) both the next x bars, and previous x bars?

Hope I am making sense, and thanks for any help you can provide

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello matth1,
Welcome to the forum and I am happy to assist you.

You can use the ZigZag indicator to find the recent peaks of the SMA.

int zzPreHigh = ZigZag(SMA(14), DeviationType.Points, .05, false).HighBar(0,2, 100);
int zzLastHigh = ZigZag(SMA(14), DeviationType.Points, .05, false).HighBar(0, 1, 100);
			
if (High[zzPreHigh] > High[zzLastHigh])
{
  //do something
}

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?zigzag.htm

You can use the Slope function to check the slope of the SMA. You can find the Rising and Falling function handy.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?slope.htm

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?rising.htm

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?falling.htm

Please let me know if I can assist you any further.

[koganam]

Hi!

I'm new to this so thanks for your assistance in advance.

I'm trying to determine if the SMA(10) is indicating a trend. I would like to define a trend by saying the most recent peak must be higher than the previous peak, and the most current trough is higher than the previous trough.

I'm struggling to understand how I would code this though...

How could I define current/previous peaks and troughs?

Are there any inbuilt functions that could be used? i.e. can I use the slope of the SMA line? or would I need to check that the SMA(10) on a particular bar is greater (for peak) or less than (for trough) both the next x bars, and previous x bars?

Hope I am making sense, and thanks for any help you can provide

Use the Swing() indicator. Pretty much its sole purpose is to indicate peaks and valleys.

[matth1]

Excellent. I'll look into all the methods mentioned here.

Thanks