Help creating moving average highlight bars

[maggiej12]

Hi! I'm trying to create an indicator that will color bars either red or green.

Green if: Simple Moving Avg, Close, 8 period is > than the Simple Moving Avg, open, 8 period.
Red if: reverse of above

Can someone please help me with this?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi maggiej12, thanks for your post.

You would need to use the BarBrushes array (or just BarBrush) to change the bar color based on a condition.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/?barbrushes.htm

See here for an example use case:

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/user-app-share-download/rsi-color-gradient/

If you have any questions on this material please let me know.

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[maggiej12]

Thank you for the info! However, I don't even know where to go from here, this is way too complicated for me. If i try to customize this for my indicator, its not going to make any sense. Is there someone who would create this for me?

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherD]

Hello maggiej12,

Thank you for your reply.

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Let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[sandman]

maggiej12,

This does not provide for your specific request but gives you an indicator that contains the basic coding concept of what you are after:

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/user-app-share-download/macdbarcolor/

Perhaps it helps.

sandman

[nkhoi]

Hi! I'm trying to create an indicator that will color bars either red or green.

Green if: Simple Moving Avg, Close, 8 period is > than the Simple Moving Avg, open, 8 period.
Red if: reverse of above

Can someone please help me with this?

Hello, I modify MACDbarcolor set it to 8 period EMA of High and Low, this is not a professional coding practice but it will meet you specs.