Creating an indicator that will post on different chart type

[currencychick]

Is it possible to create an indicator that reads information on a 3 minute chart (looking for simple moving average cross up or down to show trend direction) and have this register on a Range chart. I want this to be a background color change when it occurs.

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Welcome to our forums - yes that would be possible with our MultiSeries framework in NinjaScript for indicators and strategies :

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

[ij001]

Welcome to our forums - yes that would be possible with our MultiSeries framework in NinjaScript for indicators and strategies :

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...nstruments.htm

Is there any examples off hand that we can take a look at?

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

ij001, there are quite a few examples and some very helpful information in the link Bertrand posted. There are also multi-timeframe and multi-instrument strategy samples built into NinjaTrader. You can view these by going to Tools -> Edit NinjaScript -> Strategies -> SampleMulti...

I had a script very similar to the one requested in the first post, so I modified it a bit as a quick demonstration. It just reads data from the secondary data series (BarsInProgress index = 1) and plots it on the main data series.

[richbois]

ij001, there are quite a few examples and some very helpful information in the link Bertrand posted. There are also multi-timeframe and multi-instrument strategy samples built into NinjaTrader. You can view these by going to Tools -> Edit NinjaScript -> Strategies -> SampleMulti...

I had a script very similar to the one requested in the first post, so I modified it a bit as a quick demonstration. It just reads data from the secondary data series (BarsInProgress index = 1) and plots it on the main data series.

If i understand it corectly if you have any indicator and you add this line of code

Add(PeriodType.Minute, 3);

then it will do the calculations based on 3 minutes, and then should it be applied to any other charts it should reflect the calculations of the 3 min even on a 5min 15 min Range Tick Volume charts

Is that correct because i seem to be having issues on some other script

maybe i missed some other line of code

Thank you

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Hi richbois, that's not entirely correct - you simply add a series for access with this code snippet. I would then call the OnBarUpdate() method for each series added and each bar / tick - so if you do this unfiltered via any BarsInProgress logic it would create erratic results for you:

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

This lets you split the OnBarUpdate() call for each series, so you could for example do nothing for the second series by returning out if the OnBarUpdate(0) is called for it, thus you would though still have access to it's series data.

if (BarsInProgress != 0) return; // for any other series but the primary exit OnBarUpdate().

[richbois]

Thank you Bertrand that solved the problem second line was missing

One last question can a Session Template be used in the calculation of the 3min charts then the results used on a 24/7 R or T chart

Thanks again

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Great, you're welcome - so cash hour based indicator values but running of a electronic hours chart? That would need more advanced custom coding unfortunately.

[richbois]

Great, you're welcome - so cash hour based indicator values but running of a electronic hours chart? That would need more advanced custom coding unfortunately.

Thank you and have a great weekend

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Thanks, enjoy yours as well!

[lawyse]

Programming

I'm a programmer and I'd be interested in giving you a quote on this project. I've been wanting to do something similar over the last few days. Let me know!