Easiest way to program "Is the market up or down"

[kcsystemtrader]

I've been messing around trying to add another bar series to my strategy (like QQQQ day bars) and am struggling.

Are there any existing NT indicators/logic that simply say if a major index (can be Dow, S&P, Nasdaq, etc) is higher or lower for the day? Like a boolean true/false or something like that?

If not, what is the easiest way to program this? Use PriorDayOHLC and add the bar series for the instrument I want to reference and then compare it to the latest tick (or some current day bar series)? If so, please give me a brief example b/c I'm struggling to figure this out. Thanks,

kc

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Hi kcsystemtrader, I'm not aware of such an indicator already developed or posted. Please check this link for info how to work with multiple bars objects - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...struments.html

Here's an idea for the dayLow value to get you started (assumes a double dayLow was alreaddy declared in the Initialize section) -

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dayLow = PriorDayOHLC().PriorLow[[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080]0[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]];
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