Simple example would help me out

[MBAGearhead]

OK, I'm new to Ninja and can likely figure this out eventually but this is such an easy indicator I thought someone might be able to code it in about 2 mins. I know eSignal EFS pretty well but NinjaScript seems totally different.

Indicator puts a dot on top of a candle who’s high is greater than or equal to the 2 candles on each side of it. (and vice versa for lows) See attached.

This code is so simple in my broker’s program:
if High[3]>=High[4] AND High[3]>=High[5] AND High[3]>=High[2] AND High[3]>=High[1] then begin plot1(High[3], "Up", cyan);
end
else
NoPlot(1);

if Low[3]<=Low[4] AND Low[3]<=Low[5] AND Low[3]<=Low[2] AND Low[3]<=Low[1]
then begin plot2(Low[3], "Down", cyan);
end
else
NoPlot(2);

Thanks for any assistance to shorten my learning curve!

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello MBAGearhead,

Thanks for the post and welcome to the NinjaTrader forum:

I would look into the built in indicator Swing, which identifies highs and lows on both sides of the bars, according to the strength parameter.

If you're looking for custom coding services, any of our NinjaScript consultants should be able to help:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/partners#NinjaScript-Consultants

[koganam]

Just use the system "Swing" indicator. It does EXACTLY that, and you can even change the swing strength if you want to.

[MBAGearhead]

Thanks, but the "Swing" standard indicator does not work as I would like. Dots are placed in a line until a new swing is made. I just want a single dot and not a whole line. Guess I'll have to try to figure out the code for "Swing" unless someone has something that will work. That "Swing" indicator has over 300 lines of code. The OpenECry code is just a few lines for same thing. Even eSignal EFS is only a dozen lines of code. Much simpler from this Ninja newbie's perspective.

EDIT: OK, I got it figured out. Took a couple hours but now see that NinjaScript isn't that much different than the others. It just has TONS of extra "Ninja generated" lines of code that you don't really have to do much with for a basic indicator like this.