Hiding multiple condition arrows

[CaptainAmericaXX]

Hello,
I have a bit of a house cleaning issue that I can't figure out and am hoping for some help.
I have several conditions that print arrows as is shown in the attachment. Obviously the arrows print when the condition is true, but I only want to see the arrow when the condition is true the first time. Is there a way to allow the condition to be true for each succeeding bar but only print the arrow on the first bar? Any ideas?
Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello CaptainAmericaXX,

Thank you for the post.

You would need to use logic to control this, likely a bool variable would work for this use case. You would also need to reset this at some point so the arrow can be drawn for future conditions when you wanted it. A simple example would be toggling between two conditions, you want the first arrow drawn and skip each arrow after that until the opposing condition which it can be reset. Here is a simple example of that use case:

bool canDrawArrowUp = true;
bool canDrawArrowDown = true;
protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
    if(CurrentBar < 1) return;
    if(Close[0] < Open[1])
    {
        if(canDrawArrowUp)
        {
            Draw.ArrowUp(this,"up"+ CurrentBar, true, 0, Close[0], Brushes.Red);
            canDrawArrowUp = false;    
            canDrawArrowDown = true;
        }
    } 

    else if(Close[0] > Open[1])
    {
        if(canDrawArrowDown)
        {
            Draw.ArrowDown(this,"down" + CurrentBar, true, 0, Close[0], Brushes.Green);
            canDrawArrowUp = true;    
            canDrawArrowDown = false;
        }
    } 
}

In this use case if the close is greater or lesser than the open of the prior bar delegates if an arrow is drawn.

Without using any logic, this is drawn on nearly every bar:


Using the bool conditions allows you to control when these happen:

[CaptainAmericaXX]

Ahh, simple enough. Thanks Jesse!

[aligator]

Hello CaptainAmericaXX,

Thank you for the post.

You would need to use logic to control this, likely a bool variable would work for this use case. You would also need to reset this at some point so the arrow can be drawn for future conditions when you wanted it. A simple example would be toggling between two conditions, you want the first arrow drawn and skip each arrow after that until the opposing condition which it can be reset. Here is a simple example of that use case:

Hi Jesse,

Jim suggested a simple one bool approach here that I believe produces the same result. Is that the case?

Thanks.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-7/indicator-development-aa/1050955-keeping-first-buy-sell-signal?p=1050962#post1050962

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello aligator,

Yes, it looks this would be another way to accomplish the task.

Please let me know if I may be of additional assistance.