Indicator Attributes for Strategy Question

[Faspomy]

I am writing in reference to;

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3228

I created the following Strategy as a Test for viewing Text in a Strategy based-on an indicator's color (somewhat common in MetaTrader EA's).

protected override void Initialize()
        {
        Add(HeikenAshi());
            Color BarColor;
            CalculateOnBarClose = true;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Called on each bar update event (incoming tick)
        /// </summary>
        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
            // Condition set 1
            if (BarColor == Color.Red);
            {
                DrawText("My text" + CurrentBar, "Color=Red", 0, 0, Color.Black);
            }
            
             if (BarColor == Color.Lime);
            {
                DrawText("My text" + CurrentBar, "Color=Green", 0, 0, Color.Black); 

How do I get an accurate reading ? As-is, the bars are not being counted and tracked properly.

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,

Please remove Color BarColor in you intialization and test it.

[Faspomy]

Thanks Ben.

I did that and it still does not track at all properly. I also changed 'Red' and
'Lime' to BarUp and BarDown from the Indicator (shown below).

This Strategy shows that it simply alternates-- every other bar indicates green or red. The Strategy does not seem to be correctly importing the data from the indicator.

What else can I do to accurately track the color changes ? Or, is my NT simply not configured properly ?

         protected override void Initialize()
        {
        Add(HeikenAshi());
            CalculateOnBarClose = true;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Called on each bar update event (incoming tick)
        /// </summary>
        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
            // Condition set 1
            if (BarColor == HeikenAshi().BarColorDown);
            {
                DrawText("My text" + CurrentBar, "Color=Red", 0, 0, Color.Black);
            }
            
             if (BarColor == HeikenAshi().BarColorUp);
            {
                DrawText("My text" + CurrentBar, "Color=Red", 0, 0, Color.Black);
            }
        } 

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,


Probably the easiest way to do what you want is would be to build a bool series or string series within the HA indicator then access that series from your strategy. The HA is for visualization only in its current state.

So add code to the HA that will set string values like "green" and "red" then access these via your strategy to build your logic. This link will help:

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/StringSeriesClass.html

Give it a try and post your code if you get stuck.

[Faspomy]

Thanks Ben.

are any example files readily available to accompany the information in the link above ?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

This is the closest we have. Replace the BoolSeries with the StringSeries.

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4991

Hope that help.

[Faspomy]

Thank you Ben and Josh.