Indicator to count bars?

[koganam]

and how do i use the value?

this wont compile

if(CountIf(delegate {return Close[0] > Open[0];}, 50));

UpCandles =UpCandles +1;

else

UpCandles = 0;


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You may be overthinking your solution. CountIf does the counting if a certain condition is met. You want the number of candles where the close is greater than the open, so all you need is:

int NumBullishCandle = CountIf(delegate {return Close[0] > Open[0];}, 50);

[kabott]

Thank you very much Koganam!!

i had this working but couldn't compare both values


DrawTextFixed("Up",CountIf(delegate {return Close[0] >Open[0];}, periods).ToString("N0"), TextPosition.TopRight ,Color.White,new Font ("Arial", 20), Color.Black, Color.Green, 10);

DrawTextFixed("Dn",CountIf(delegate {return Close[0] < Open[0];}, periods).ToString("N0"), TextPosition.BottomRight ,Color.White,new Font ("Arial", 20), Color.Black, Color.Red, 10);


now i am, thank you man!!

[PaulMohn]

You could custom code a counter, but using built-in method CountIf() should work well for this:
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...t7/countif.htm

Hello Ryan, how would you print the count?

For example I have this code

if (CountIf(() => High[0] - Low[0] >= 25*TickSize, 5) > 0)
{
     Print("# of Bar Ranges >= 25 Ticks : " + ?);
} 

What do i substitute the"?'" with?

It's supposed to means, if over the previous 5 Bars there is any (>0) bar whose range is greater or equal 25 ticks, then print the number of bars that meet that condition.

For illustration example, the Countif() would return 2 (for Bar[2] and Bar[3] below)

High[0] - Low[0] (Bar[0]) = 7 ticks

High[0] - Low[0] (Bar[1]) = 12 Ticks

High[0] - Low[0] (Bar[2) = 31 ticks

High[0] - Low[0] (Bar[3]) = 29 Ticks

High[0] - Low[0] (Bar[4]) = 21 Ticks

Thanks!



I've found a way with the Draw.FixedText method to draw it on the chart without variable declaration

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
     if(CurrentBar < 5)
     {
          return;
     }

     if (CountIf(() => High[0] - Low[0] >= 25*TickSize, 5) > 0)
     {
         Draw.TextFixed(this, "myTextFixed", CountIf(() => High[0] - Open[0] >= 25*TickSize, 5).ToString(), TextPosition.BottomRight, ChartControl.Properties.ChartText, ChartControl.Properties.LabelFont, Brushes.Blue, Brushes.Transparent, 0);
     }
} 

but for the print it needs variable declaration

namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators
{
     public class up25 : Indicator
     {
          private string up25;
     ... 

if (CountIf(() => High[0] - Low[0] >= 25*TickSize, 5) > 0)
{
     up25 = CountIf(() => High[0] - Open[0] >= 25*TickSize, 5).ToString();
     Print("up25 : " + up25);
} 

With output

up25 : 2
up25 : 3
up25 : 3
up25 : 4
up25 : 4