Draw Rectangle forward but stop after price crosses

[brucelevy]

How would I go about having a rectangle go forward until price touches it, then have it stop there?

[BigRo]

you would need some seperate drawing mechanism. one working while the rectangle hasnt been touched and one when it has.

the first would use..

DrawRectangle(string  tag,  int  startBarsAgo, double startY,  int  endBarsAgo, double endY, Color color)

...with a static tag while your barsago wouldbe between 0(the current bar) and your startbar, so

("rec",0,y,currentbar-startbarcount,y2,...);

that would be update every bar and would replace the rectangle of the previous bar, with a 1 bar longer one as long as your condition(that is hasnt been touched) would be true.

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after your zone between y and y2 has been toched you would need to remove the provisional rectangle with

RemoveDrawObject("rec");

and replace it with a dynamicly tagged rectangle that will be the final one, so

("rec"+CurrentBar,0,y,currentbar-startbarcount,y2,...);

make sure to only draw this 1 time once your rectangle is hit and turn it off directly the next candle so u wont stack up rectangles on top of each other.


this is how i would try it.

[koganam]

How would I go about having a rectangle go forward until price touches it, then have it stop there?

As this post says: "... there is good news and there is not so good news. ..."

ref: http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...56&postcount=3

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello brucelevy,

Thank you for your inquiry.

I have created a sample indicator that will start drawing a rectangle from the first live bar that comes in until it touches a user specified price.

To import this indicator, click on File -> Utilities -> Import NinjaScript in the Control Center.

Please, let us know if we may be of further assistance.