Awesome oscillator background color

[90bideven]

Hi, long time reader, first time poster. Could someone point me in the right direction please. I want to paint the chart background different colors depending on whether the AO is printing green or red bars.

I know how to paint the background if the bars are on either side of the 0 line, but I want the background to change solely based on whether the bars are red or green, irrespective of the side of 0 they are on...any thoughts? Thanks.

90bideven

[NinjaTrader_ShawnB]

Hello 90bideven,


You could use BackColor to set the chart panel color for the current bar.
Here is the BackColor Help Guide to assist you further.
Here is an example of the AO code that colors the chart panel in response to if the AO is painting a Red or Green Bar.

[LEFT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000FF]if[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2](Rising(AO))[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]                        {     [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000FF]if[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2](showpaintbars)[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]                                    BarColor = Color.Green;[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]                              PlotColors[[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080]0[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]][[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080]0[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]] = Color.Green;[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]                              BackColor = Color.PaleGreen;[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]                        }[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]                        [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000FF]else[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]                        {     [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000FF]if[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2](showpaintbars)[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]                                    BarColor = Color.Red;[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]                              PlotColors[[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080]0[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]][[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080]0[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]] = Color.Red;[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]                              BackColor = Color.Salmon;[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]                        }[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT]

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[90bideven]

Great, thanks so much!

90bideven