Indicator that alerts me when candle is 10 pts big

[wallsteetking]

Hi can anyone help me code a simple indicator that alerts me when a candle is 10pts big on the e-mini on the 5 minute chart. So from open of the candle till close of the candle has to be 10pts.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello wallsteetking,

Welcome to the NinjaTrader forums!

Below is a snippet that will do this. From open to close like this suggests a down candle. You can reverse for an up candle or take absolute value if direction doesn't matter.


if (Open[0] - Close[0] == 10)
Alert("myAlert", Priority.High, "AlertMessage", "SoundFile", 0, Color.White, Color.Black);

[wallsteetking]

Thank you for you help Ryan. I have one more question is it possible to have the code say
= If 2 X 10pts (one candle after another) that the alert goes off.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Yes, you can add:

if (Open[0] - Close[0] == 10 && Open[1] - Close[1] == 10)
Alert("myAlert", Priority.High, "AlertMessage", "SoundFile", 0, Color.White, Color.Black);

Since you're accessing index values one bar back, make sure you follow this post to avoid errors when running the script:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3170

[wallsteetking]

Need help

Dear Ryan

thank you for your help on helping me make my custom indicator. However, I am having problem writing the script. It seems every time I type in the code in Ninja Script I get an error. could you please help me write the code and upload the indicator.

All I want is a indicator that alerts ( Yellow highlight or alarm) if If 2 X 10pts or greater..... For example if the candle closes 11pts it does not matter it has to close above 10 though.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

wallsteetking, unfortunately we could not custom code this for you - to familiarize yourself with the NinjaScript language I would recommend starting with those tutorials for indicator coding here -

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/tutorials.htm