Overlapping in price

[MillenniumTrader]

I am really grateful for the support. I am almost done with my little indicator but I need an extra help. Is there any function in NinjaTrader that check if there is any price overlap between two bars?

I want to know if bar[2] overlaps with bar[0] at any point. Better said, if both bars share a single tick at any point (open to close range). How would you approach this challenge?



Regards

[NinjaTrader_AlexG]

Hello,
Thanks for writing in today.

I am little confused on the question you are asking. If you could clarify what data are you comparing to see if a tick is shared or not.

Are you comparing two data series?

I look forward to your reply and offering further assistance.

[MillenniumTrader]

Sure, see attached picture...

[NinjaTrader_AlexG]

Hello,
Thanks for the diagram and clarification.

This can be done by checking to see if a value that exists between the open and close of bar[0] and the open and close of bar[2].

If this condition statement is true then they would share a value between the two bars.

Here is an example to check if a Close[0] exists between the Open[2] and Close[2]

if (Close[0] <= Open[2] && Close[0] >= Close[2])  || 
   (Close[0] >= Open[2] && Close[0] <= Close[2]) 
{

//Close[0] exists between Open[2] and Close[2]

}

Notice we must check both Open[2] being a greater value than Close[2] and the converse as this bar could have a higher Close[2] than Open[2] value.

Use the above example to add a check to see if the Open[0] exists between the Open[2] and Close[2] value to make your condition statement complete.

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance for anything NinjaTrader.

[MillenniumTrader]

Thank you for the solution. It worked beautifully. I had to readjust for high and low on the conditions.

Thanks a lot for your help