New to NT. Simple Strategy Does Not Work

[dukeb]

Am new to NT. I am trying a simple strategy (see attachment) to begin learning.
As you can see I want to get a 'beep' when the #1 bar > #2 bar on a 50 period SMA. There are no trades to be made only a 'beep'. I cannot get any 'beeps' from strategy backtest nor do I get anything from the charts. When I first did this, I chose to have an email sent. I changed it to a 'beep' for testing.

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you,
Duke

[NinjaTrader_Matthew]

Duke,

Audio alerts will only be processed in real-time, so you will not hear anything when backtesting.

You will only hear this alert on the chart when it is enabled and at the moment that condition is true.

I'd suggest using the Print function under 'Do the following' to print a statement to the Tools--> Output window.

Then run your backtest and check this output window to ensure this condition has ever returned as true.

[dukeb]

Thank you Matthew

Duke,

Audio alerts will only be processed in real-time, so you will not hear anything when backtesting.

You will only hear this alert on the chart when it is enabled and at the moment that condition is true.

I'd suggest using the Print function under 'Do the following' to print a statement to the Tools--> Output window.

Then run your backtest and check this output window to ensure this condition has ever returned as true.

Thank you Matthew...

[dukeb]

Matthew

Thank you Matthew...

I altered the strategy to print to the output window. Nothing happened when I ran backtest. Perhaps you could give it a try. As you can see it is very simple.
I must be missing something here.
Than you for your help.
Duke

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Please give this a try Duke, prints a visual drawing on the chart once your condition triggers. What did you backtest on btw? Do you have the data / resolution for it available through your provider?

All the best,

[dukeb]

A big thanks...

Please give this a try Duke, prints a visual drawing on the chart once your condition triggers. What did you backtest on btw? Do you have the data / resolution for it available through your provider?

All the best,

It works great. I have a question.
New code "DrawDiamond("My diamond" + CurrentBar, false, 0, Low[0] + -2 * TickSize, Color.Red);"
"My diamond" is a tag. How does one use this for other scripts?
I backtested on the AUD/USD. I don't understand what you mean when you reference "data/resolution". I am not live. I use MB Trading datafeed.
I looked up the parameters for DrawDiamond. The "y" value has been omitted. In your script and the example in the reference manual. The reference example uses 'True'. Exactly, what is the 'y' value for?

I want to thank you again for your help.

Duke

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

You are welcome - glad to hear this worked out for you.

The tag is just internal to the script, to prevent malicious code from another interfering there's no external access to those.

With resolution, I just meant which chart type and timeframe, so for example some connections dont have daily data access and customers dont realize it until they getting empty results in the backtest window for non availability of data.

Y is just the Y Axis double value the object would be placed, so the price - the 'true' from the sample was probably the autoScale parameter.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/drawdiamond.htm

[dukeb]

Thank you Bertrand .... on another issue

The diamond prints(yhanks to you). However the email does not work.
My intent was to have an email sent when the SMA condition was met.
I still get the diamond, but no email.

if (SMA(50)[0] > SMA(50)[1])
{
DrawDiamond("My diamond" + CurrentBar, false, 0, Low[0] + -2 * TickSize, Color.Blue);
SendMail("", "[email protected]", "test alert", "success");

Can you bail me out again?
Duke

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Duke, if you go under Tools > Options > Misc and test your email setup - does this work out?

[dukeb]

Thank you, Bertrand. Yes, I now receive emails.
Thanks to your support, I am moving forward nicely.
Best regards,
Duke

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Glad to hear, enjoy your weekend Duke.