N bars down in indicator

[junkone]

i want to mark ADX as trending if it has 3 consequetive increases. can i use NBarsUp for the same.
for eg.
ADXRising=NBarsUp(ADX(14),3,false,false,false)

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

junkone,

Nope. NBarsUp/Down are for determining higher/lower closes. If you are only comparing 3 bars its much faster to just check those bars directly.

[johnchandler32]

What do you mean by check the bar directly? Is their a indicator that i could use to check if it has three consequetive increase?

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

johnchandler32, Josh was referring to checking the closes and opens of each bar individually. You can use the options in NBarsUp to do so, or you can check directly:

if (Close[0] > Close[1] && Close[1] > Close[2])
// three rising bars

// or
if (Close[0] > Open[0] && Close[1] > Open[1] && ...)
// a different "rising" condition