Background Color

[maitreja]

I did it, but it does not work :-(

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

maitreja,

Let us take a step back. These are the exact steps you need to do to get your strategy onto a chart.

1. Create your strategy and make sure it compiles alright
2. Connect to your data provider
3. Open a chart that has data on it
4. Ctrl+S to bring up the Strategy selection window
5. Select your strategy from the left hand side and then press the "New" button
6. Change your strategy parameters on the right hand side.
7. Press Apply
8. Press OK
9. Your strategy will be on your chart now. If your strategy has any errors it will appear in the Control Center logs.

[maitreja]

I did it. I tried to attach screenshot. Strategy is running, it is writing into console what I want, I'm connected......

I dont know how to say it in English, but in czech looks like very zapeklitý problem :-)

[maitreja]

second attempt, it was to big

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Great, it looks like you have it working now. If you have other questions feel free to post them on the forums. Have a good day!

[maitreja]

Hi Josh, I know, it looks fine, but background color is not changing.
Can you try my code in your NT?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Test your code in BarsInProgress 0.

[maitreja]

It works fine

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

You are charting the NQ but you are trying to change colors for the TICK. That will not work. Instead just program from within the BarsInProgress = 0 context. To access the close value of the tick you can use Closes[1][0].

if (BarsInProgress == 0)
{
     if (Closes[1][0] > 0)
          BackColorAll = Color.Red;
}

[maitreja]

Now it works fine, thank you
maitreja

[maitreja]

So one more question - is it possible to do color will change in this case:
I'm using 5 min TF NQ and 1 min TF Tick. If Tick is under or above some value, background color will change immediatly via Tick during drawing 5TF bar? It means online changing for example 3 times on one bar?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

That is no different than what you already have. Just run on CalculateOnBarClose = false.