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    Better Bollinger Bands - HELP!

    Has Anyone been able to recreate Dennis McNicholl's Better Bollinger Bands (BBB) in Ninja Trader?

    I have the code in a couple languages, but I don't know ninja script well enough to translate it. Any insight is greatly appreciated!

    Here it is in TradeStation:

    inputs: period(20), factor(2.0);
    vars: alpha(0), mt(0), ut(0), dt(0), mt2(0), ut2(0), dt2(0), but(0), blt(0);

    { smoothing constant }
    alpha = 2/(period + 1);

    mt = alpha*close + (1 - alpha)*mt;
    ut = alpha*mt + (1 - alpha)*ut;
    dt = ((2 - alpha)*mt - ut)/(1 - alpha);
    mt2 = alpha*absvalue(close - dt) + (1 - alpha)*mt2;
    ut2 = alpha*mt2 + (1 - alpha)*ut2;
    dt2 = ((2 - alpha)*mt2 - ut2)/(1 - alpha);
    but = dt + factor*dt2;
    blt = dt - factor*dt2;

    plot1(dt,"center");
    plot2(but,"upper");
    plot3(blt,"lower");


    And here it is in Metastock code:

    Better Bollinger Bands I
    pds:=Input("Periods",2,200,20);
    sd:=Input("Standard Deviations",.01,10,2);
    alpha:=2/(pds+1);
    mt:=alpha*C+(1-alpha)*(If(Cum(1)<pds,C,PREV));
    ut:=alpha*mt+(1-alpha)*(If(Cum(1)<pds,C,PREV));
    dt:=((2-alpha)*mt-ut)/(1-alpha);
    mt2:=alpha*Abs(C-dt)+(1-alpha)*PREV;
    ut2:=alpha*mt2+(1-alpha)*PREV;
    dt2:=((2-alpha)*mt2-ut2)/(1-alpha);
    but:=dt+sd*dt2;
    blt:=dt-sd*dt2;
    dt;
    but;
    blt


    Thanks!

    #2
    Here is a simple version based on the NinjaTrader Bollinger Bands.
    Attached Files

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      #3
      Hello B-Rex,

      Thanks for your post and thanks to Harry for his contribution in answer to your post.

      Please let me know if you need further assistance.

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        #4
        This worked wonderfully, thank you

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