access to Kagi transition

[jakjak74]

Hi

using Kagi Bartypes, is there a possibility to detect the Kagi transitions (the change of coulors)?
If not, is that the case in Ninja 8?

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello jakjak74,

Thank you for your post.

In NinjaTrader 7 and 8 there is no exposed value that you could call to find out if the color changed. So you would develop code that detects what the Kagi Chart Style detects.

Below is an example of printing whether the Line is Green or Red (based on just the default values):

    public class DetectKagiLineColorChange : Indicator
    {
		private string KagiColor = "";
		private double PriorPrice = 0;
		
        protected override void Initialize()
        {
            CalculateOnBarClose = false;
        }
		
        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
			if (CurrentBar < 1) return;
			
			if (FirstTickOfBar)
			{
				Print("");
				Print(Time[0]);
			}
			
			if (Close[0] == PriorPrice) return;
			PriorPrice = Close[0];
			
            if (Close[0] > Open[0])
			{
				if (Close[0] > Math.Max(Close[1], Open[1]))
				{
					KagiColor = "Green";
				}
			}
			else if (Close[0] < Math.Min(Open[1], Close[1]))
			{
				KagiColor = "Red";
			}
			Print(KagiColor);
        }
    }

You could figure the code by opening the ChartStyle for the KagiLine and following it's logic for changing the lines of the chart.

In NinjaTrader 7 the Kagi Line Chart Style code is found under Documents\NinjaTrader 7\bin\Custom\Type > @ChartStyles.cs.

In NinjaTrader 8 you can go to the NinjaTrader Control Center > New > NinjaScript > Editor > ChartStyles > KagiStyle.