Plot color according to bar close

[blar58]

I am building a volume indicator and I would like to Plot the color according to the close of the bar.

The problem is that the plot is added to the intialize method which is called only once at the start of the program.

// variables
Color MyColor = Color.Blue;

// Initialize method
Add(new Plot(new Pen(MyColor, 2), PlotStyle.Bar, "Volume"));

//On Bar Update Method

// logic here
if(Close[0] > Open[0])
MyColor = Color.Green;

etc ....

How can I make that works ?

Thank you

[NinjaTrader_Matthew]

Hello,

You can use BarColor to set the color of your volume bars. This will set the initial bar color to what is in Initialize, but will dynamically change to the 2nd bar color when that condition is true.

// variables
Color MyColor = Color.Blue;
Color MyColor2 = Color.Green;

// Initialize method
Add(new Plot(new Pen(MyColor, 2), PlotStyle.Bar, "Volume"));

//On Bar Update Method

// logic here
if(Close[0] > Open[0])
BarColor = MyColor2;

[blar58]

Hi Matthew

Thank you for your reply.

If I do that it is coloring the Bars on the chart and not the volume bars appearing on the lower panel which is not what I want..

[NinjaTrader_Matthew]

Hello,

Edit, sorry what you will want to do is PlotColors:

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

// logic here
if(Close[0] > Open[0])
PlotColors[0][0] = MyColor2;

[blar58]

Thank you very much Matthew