ATR Profit Target

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

You could then simply change the barcolor if the target / stop loss activation triggers via your code. You would then have a visual market once this process starts to kick in.

[zachj]

Good idea. thanks for all your help

[zachj]

You could then simply change the barcolor if the target / stop loss activation triggers via your code. You would then have a visual market once this process starts to kick in.

Stupid question. Can i get it to print just the first bar that the target is hit on? It colors all bars after as well, as it is performing the colorbar calc for each new bar close.

 
 
// If a long position is open, allow for stop loss modification 
else if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
{
// Once the price is greater than entry price+3*ATR, set stop loss to recent bar close - 1.5ATR
if (Close[0] > Position.AvgPrice + (ATR(14)[0]) * atrtargetx)
{ BarColorSeries[0] = Color.Blue;}
{SetStopLoss(CalculationMode.Price, Close[0] - (ATR(14)[0] * atrstopx)); 
}

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

You could either work with bool flags, or separate the codes for stop loss adjustment and trigger visualization. If you check for a Cross above the price for example for the visuals, you would get only one bar painted.

[zachj]

Yup CrossAbove did it. Only thing is when it crosses back below and then up through again, it prints another blue bar, but no big deal.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Right...then you could combine that with a bool flag you reset once the position flat, that means it will 'guard' you against a recoloring for the time you're in the trade as desired.

[zachj]

Right...then you could combine that with a bool flag you reset once the position flat, that means it will 'guard' you against a recoloring for the time you're in the trade as desired.

Finally figured out how to code the bool flag in. Perfect! thanks