New User Woes

[timmyb]

but a stratey can access "outside" sources right??

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

That is correct.

[timmyb]

just incase you guys may have forgot but the 6.5 release still hasnt fixed the issue in the wizard with the total. alltrades error discussed earlier in this thread, i tried using it tonight and still has the error, so one would have to code manually, which means unlocking the code which means goodbye to wizard

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

Could you please add a link to which issue you are referring to? Thanks

[timmyb]

Post #62 in this thread, sorry not shure how to link it

[timmyb]

>> "Ninjatrader.Strategy.TrdeCollection' does not conatin a definition for "Performance'
This bug will be fixed with next update of NT6.5. Thanks for reporting.

that was posted by dierk,

thanks for the fast reply, it be sweet to get this to work without unlocking code, i am shure others would love it also

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

Not sure about the confusion. As by my post #63 this issue will be fixed with next 6.5 update which is not out yet, but should be later on this week.

[timmyb]

oh i aplologise, i thought that when 6.5 got officially released last week or so it had the update, i apologize, and cant wait for the update. thanks again for all the hard work

[timmyb]

If i wanted to use tha ADX and look for higher lows, as in eliminate the fact the adx is not smooth what would i use for code,

if i use

ADX(14) [0] > ADX(14) [1]

it works fine to show me its increasing , but there are always dips and i am trying to elimate that

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

Then you will have to think out of the box to find some mathematicaly way to express the desired pattern you are looking for.

[timmyb]

hmmm thanks Ray, i will look into the math that smooths ma's and see if i can come up with something

[timmyb]

Hi guys,

I am having issues with using negative numbers, I am using teh slope function with this code

protectedoverridevoid OnBarUpdate()
{
if ( CurrentBar < 5) return;
double degrees = 0;

degrees = ((180/Math.PI) *(Math.Atan(Slope(EMA(Period),5,0))));
//Highs
if (degrees >= (longdegree))
DOTSSETTING.Set(1);
elseif (degrees <= (shortdegree))
DOTSSETTING.Set(-1);
else
DOTSSETTING.Set(0);


The problem is the line with short degrees, it is set to -10, but some how it is not using -10 as the threshold. In fact on the chart it shows 10,34,1 10 being teh threshold for positive degrees, 34 being the period of the ema used, and i duno why the chart says 1, but it is definetly using 1 instead of -10, even though in the settings it says -10

[timmyb]

I think I got it

i had the math.max set to 1 i canged it and now everything seems fine

[Description("Short Degree Setting")]
[Category("Parameters")]
publicint Shortdegree
{
get { return shortdegree; }
set { shortdegree = Math.Max(-60, value); }

[timmyb]

If i wanted to acces the last sale, as in the last sale is higher than the prior bars close. Do i use the bid or ask funtion, i am curious if tehre is a last sale function.

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

if (Close[0] > High[1])

Close == last trade