Strategy Indicators

[mballagan]

I would like to display 2 indicators from within a strategy:

1. RSI(14) and RSI(3) on panel 2
2. ADX(20) on panel 3

Initialize() code:

Add(StrategyPlot(0));
Add(StrategyPlot(1));
// Set the color for the indicator plots
StrategyPlot(0).Plots[0].Pen.Color = Color.Green;
StrategyPlot(0).Plots[1].Pen.Color = Color.Black;
StrategyPlot(1).Plots[0].Pen.Color = Color.Purple;
// Set the panel which the plots will be placed on. 1 = price panel, 2 = panel under the price panel, etc.
StrategyPlot(0).PanelUI = 2;
StrategyPlot(1).PanelUI = 3;

OnBarUpdate():

StrategyPlot(0).Values[0].Set(RSI(14,3)[0]);
StrategyPlot(0).Values[1].Set(RSI(3,3)[0]);
StrategyPlot(1).Value.Set(ADX(14)[0]);

This doesnt work?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

mballagan,

You do not need to do anything with StrategyPlot(). Please see this: http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/...ead.php?t=3228

[mballagan]

Strategy Indicator

Thanks for the link.

I wrote the following code:

CalculateOnBarClose = false;

Add(RSI(14,3));

RSI(14,3).Panel=1;
RSI(14,3).Lines[0].Pen.Color = Color.Green;

Add(RSI(3,3));

RSI(3,3).Panel=1;
RSI(3,3).Lines[0].Pen.Color = Color.Black;

Which produces the attached image. Both main RSI lines are green rather than one green and the other black?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

mballagan,

You did not set the correct value. If you want to change the RSI plots you need to be changing the color of Plots[] and not Lines[]. Lines[] are just the 30-70 lines and Plots[] are the actual RSI ones.

[mballagan]

Strategy Indicator

I changed the code to:

Add(RSI(14,3));

RSI(14,3).Panel=1;
RSI(14,3).Plots[0].Pen.Color = Color.Green;

Add(RSI(3,3));

RSI(3,3).Panel=1;
RSI(3,3).Plots[0].Pen.Color = Color.Black;

as you specified and its worked, many thanks.

[mballagan]

RSI lines

How do I change the values of horizontal lines on an RSI plot from code?

This works fine:

Add(RSI(14,1));

RSI(14,1).Panel=1;
RSI(14,1).Plots[0].Pen.Color = Color.Green;

I tried the following addition but doesnt seem to work:

RSI(14,1).Lines[0].Value = 0;
RSI(14,1).Lines[1].Value = 50;

So changing from default 30/70 values to 0/50.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Please ensure you start a new instance of the strategy. It should work.

[mballagan]

Indicators

Your suggestion worked thanks.

The RSI indicator has a smoothing parameter. If I want to turn off the smoothing would I use RSI(14,0) ? So 0 for the smoothing value.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

This is the part that uses the smooth parameter:

double rsiAvg = (2.0 / (1 + Smooth)) * rsi + (1 - (2.0 / (1 + Smooth))) * Avg[1];

Using a 0 will reduce it.