Show how much the price has moved in ticks/pips

[jim380]

I don't have experience in writing NT script but I need a simple indicator which will show in terms of how many the ticks/pips a price has risen or fallen since I start the indicator (or when I'm connected to the data feed).

For example, if ES was at 1703.00 when I am first connected to the data feed and now the price is at 1704.25, the indicator should show or plot 5. 30 second later, ES is at 1703.50, the indicator should show or plot 2.

Any guidance with the code here? Or is there an existing indicator out there which is doing this already?

Thanks

[koganam]

I don't have experience in writing NT script but I need a simple indicator which will show in terms of how many the ticks/pips a price has risen or fallen since I start the indicator (or when I'm connected to the data feed).

For example, if ES was at 1703.00 when I am first connected to the data feed and now the price is at 1704.25, the indicator should show or plot 5. 30 second later, ES is at 1703.50, the indicator should show or plot 2.

Any guidance with the code here? Or is there an existing indicator out there which is doing this already?

Thanks

What happens if you restart the indicator mid-session? Should it retain what you had, or should it start afresh, ignoring everything that came before the restart?

[jim380]

What happens if you restart the indicator mid-session? Should it retain what you had, or should it start afresh, ignoring everything that came before the restart?

It should re-start all over again. I won't need it to take into account what was before it. Thanks

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello jim380,

I am not aware of an Indicator that would do something like that but you may do something like this:

private double initialPrice = 0;

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
	if(Historical)
		return;
	if(initialPrice == 0)
	{
		initialPrice = Close[0];
	}
	else
	{				
           	PriceAction.Set(initialPrice-Close[0]);
	}
}

This will simple make sure that it will not run on any historical data and then plot the change in price from when you start it.