Change "Color for up bars" in indicator

[ghoti]

I have an indicator that changes BarColor based on certain criteria, and it works fine. I want to use Line on Close for Bar type, when I do, BarColor has no effect on that color. How can I access the "Color for up bars" (which does change the color) property to change the color in the indicator. I've searched the Ninja Script reference and did a search of the forums, with no luck. But, I could have missed it. Anyone know?

[NinjaTrader_Tim]

Hi ghoti,

Unfortunately, that is outside of the scope of support I can offer. Hopefully someone here will be able to provide some hints.

As a workaround, you could simply create a plot connecting the close prices, then color the plot as you see fit from your code.

[David Lean]

If you want to set the color of something in your indicator to the same color as the Up or Down color of the price bar, use the ChartControl properties. ie: ChartControl.UpColor
The following snippet lets you access the colors set by "Color for down bars" & "Color for up bars"

[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]if[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2] (UsePriceColors) {[/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New]  colorVolUp = ChartControl.UpColor;[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New]  colorVolDown = ChartControl.DownColor;[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New]}[/FONT][/SIZE]
[/SIZE][/FONT]

It you only need to set your values once, It is possible to use this in the Initialize() method as well as the OnBarUpdate() & Plot() methods.

enjoy