PlotColors as strategy trigger

[microsat]

Can we use PlotColors as strategy trigger?

if (SlopeSMA(10).PlotColors[0][0]==Color.Red)
EnterShort();

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello microsat,

Thank you for your inquiry.

As long as the conditional is valid and is able to return a true or false, you would be able to use anything to determine if an entry is triggered.

In your case, the EnterShort() will be triggered if the plot color for the first plot in the SlopeSMA indicator is red.

Please, let us know if we may be of further assistance.

[microsat]

Thank you.
But when the PlotColors[0][0] was called from a strategy, it always returned Color.Empty, although the indictor could work normally to plot three different colors lines.

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello microsat,

Please attempt to use:

if (SlopeSMA(10).Plots[0].Pen.Color == Color.Red)

Ensure you have Added SlopeSMA(10) in your Initialize():

Add(SlopeSMA(10));