Pass IDataSeries to Custom Indicator

[EricC64]

I created a simple indicator to return the Average Daily Range of a futures contract over a period of days. I need to pass a different timeframe to it from the calling strategy.

The chart I am viewing is running a range bar chart and I need to calculate the previous 7 day Average Daily Range.

Ini Initialize I added:
Add(PeriodType.Minute, 1440); // Use for ePrvADR calculation 1440m = 1 Day

For Debug purposes in OnBarUpdate I have

Print("PrvADR: " + ePrvADR(Bars[1],2) );

And the Bars[1] is not the right way to pass in the IDataSeries.

How do I pass the 1440m bars data into this function?

Thank you

[NinjaTrader_CodyB]

Hello,
What value are you trying to get from the secondary data series? Are you wanting the Close, the low, ATR value?
I look forward to your reply.

[EricC64]

Hi,

I am calculating an Average Daily Range, so I need to Pass the Highs and Lows of the last x candles.

ePrvADR(series,period)

So if period was 5 I would need the last 5 Highs and Lows to calculate the range of each full day RTH+ETH. But I just want the return value to be the ADR for that period

[NinjaTrader_CodyB]

Hello,
You can get the range of a bar by using the Range Method. What may work for you is creating a data series and setting the data series equal to Range()[0] and then pass that in as your series for your method. For more information on the Range method please see the followign link: http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/range.htm

[bltdavid]

Print("PrvADR: " + ePrvADR(Bars[1],2) );

And the Bars[1] is not the right way to pass in the IDataSeries.

How do I pass the 1440m bars data into this function?

Use BarsArray[1] not Bars[1].

Studying the attachment at this link might help.