Trying to use the TimeHistogram indicator in an automated strategy

[Tradingds]

Hello everyone

I've been working on an automated strategy and now wanted to add the TimeHistogram indicator so that I can access the information if the last time bar was below or above the MA of the indicator.

If there is another way to set that up in a strategy without using the indicator then that's ok too.

I don't have much experience in programming, learning it step by step. So I appreciate all the help I can get.

Attached below you can see a screenshot with the chart and the indicator (ES 12-11, 4 Range) plus the indicator itself as a file.

Thank you for your help in advance.

[NinjaTrader_AdamP]

TradingDS,

Here is an example of calling the MACD from a strategy.

MACD(slow,fast,smooth).Diff[0] // this is the histogram of the MACD
MACD(slow,fast,smooth).Avg[0] // this is the smoothed macd

You can call your indicator in a similar way.

TimeHistogram TimeHistogram(int boundary1, int boundary2, int boundary3, int boundary4, int boundary5).PlotX[Y]

Where X and Y are dependent on which plot you want to access, and which index of the plot.

Please let me know if I may assist further.

[koganam]

Hello everyone

I've been working on an automated strategy and now wanted to add the TimeHistogram indicator so that I can access the information if the last time bar was below or above the MA of the indicator.

If there is another way to set that up in a strategy without using the indicator then that's ok too.

I don't have much experience in programming, learning it step by step. So I appreciate all the help I can get.

Attached below you can see a screenshot with the chart and the indicator (ES 12-11, 4 Range) plus the indicator itself as a file.

Thank you for your help in advance.

I do not see in the code where you have set the moving average of the indicator. Worse yet, with 6 independent plots in the indicator, the tern "moving average of the indicator" is essentially undefined at best.

Changing the plot color in NT7.x can be done using one Plot. That is probably what you want to do, before you can even start to think in terms of a moving average.

ref: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...89&postcount=1