Color band

[pman777]

Hi, I want to create a colored band using an EMA ... basically, take 5 ticks on both sides of the EMA and color is red when falling and green when rising. Got the 'falling' and 'rising' down, but now sure how to fill in the band with a color. Can you direct me to a resource that can help. thanks!

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello pman777,
You can use the DrawRegion method to color a band around the MA. A sample code will be like:

if (CurrentBar > 1) DrawRegion("tag" + CurrentBar , 0, 1, SMA(14), SMA(14)[0] + 5 * TickSize , Color.Transparent, Color.Blue, 3);

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?drawregion.htm

[pman777]

OK ... I'm doing something wrong but cannot see it. Maybe you canhelp me. when compiling, I'm getting a CS1502 error message. This error can occur when you pass in incorrect parameter object types into a method such as an indicator.

DrawRegion("tag1", CurrentBar , 0, EMA(160)[0], (EMA(160)[0] + (6* TickSize)) , Color.Transparent, Color.LightGreen, 3);

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello pman777,
The best overload for a draw region is

• 2 IDataSeries
• I IDataSereis and 1 double

You have assigned 2 double and thus you are getting the error. Please modify your code as below and see if you can get it work.

DrawRegion("tag1", CurrentBar , 0,[B] EMA(160)[/B], (EMA(160)[0] + (6* TickSize)) , Color.Transparent, Color.LightGreen, 3);