Bar Graph function not working in Market Analyzer

[daven]

I have a very simple mov avg difference that plots just fine on a chart. I wanted to use it in the market analyzer to tell me in the short term whether and instrument short term Hull MovAvg is greater or lesser than a longer term HMA. It works on a chart but when I put it in the market analyzer as an indicator and set the value to chart as a bar graph it doesn't work. Here is the code I am using in the indicator and I am doing this in Version 7.0. By the way I started with trying to paint the background a different color for each condition and that works on a chart, but doesn't work on the MA. Is there some example or method I could use to plot various conditions, (specific to a particular line in the MA rather than all lines)?

		protected override void Initialize()
		{
			Add(new Plot(Color.Transparent,  "Hull_MA_Short"));
			Add(new Plot(Color.Transparent, "Hull_MA_Long"));
			Add(new Plot(Color.Black, PlotStyle.Bar,"HMA_Diff"));
			DrawOnPricePanel = false;

			Overlay				= true;	// Plots the indicator on top of price
			diffSeries1			= new DataSeries(this);
			diffSeries2			= new DataSeries(this);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Called on each bar update event (incoming tick)
		/// </summary>
protected override void OnBarUpdate()
		{
			double value1 = 2 * WMA(Inputs[0], (int)(Period_S / 2))[0];
			double value2 = WMA(Inputs[0], Period_S)[0];
			diffSeries1.Set(value1 - value2);

			Value_S.Set(WMA(diffSeries1, (int) Math.Sqrt(Period_S))[0]);

			double value3 = 2 * WMA(Inputs[0], (int)(Period_L / 2))[0];
			double value4 = WMA(Inputs[0], Period_L)[0];
			diffSeries2.Set(value3 - value4);

			Value_L.Set(WMA(diffSeries2, (int) Math.Sqrt(Period_L))[0]);
			
			Value_Diff.Set(Value_S[0] - Value_L[0]);
			double value5 = Value_Diff[0];
			
		if (value5 > 0)	
			{
			BackColor = Color.PaleGreen;
			}
			else BackColor = Color.LightSalmon;	
			}

I am plotting "HMA_Diff" which is the third plot statement in the code above.
Thanks
DaveN

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

DaveN,

Can you please clarify what exactly you mean by "does not work"? What happens instead? Thank you.

[ganamide]

I also have a problem with the BarGraph setting. Does this setting apply to every column?

I changed the Type property of the NetChange column to BarGraph and nothing displays in this NetChange column. I have a second NetChange column that has no problem displaying a text value when the Type property is set to Regular.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for the question.

The value would be in percent by default, if you are using percent you would need to change the "Max bar graph display value".

I tried "1" and I am able to see the bars for the percentages, if the value is too small I.E. less than 10%, you could use 0.1 instead to view a 10% range instead of 100%.

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[ganamide]

That did the trick. Thanks!