Candle Stick: Label on top or bottom

[amfpaulo]

Guys, I am creating a indicator that counts Legs (Al Brooks Price Action). So far so good, I was able to create it. now I am polishing some details. One challenge I am facing is when plotting the label above or below the bar, if I change the time frame its gets too far or too close often time in higher time frames getting over the bar. Is there better way to correctly place text that will be responsive independently of the Time frame. This is what I am doing:

y = High[bar] + (3 * TickSize);
Draw.Text(this, tag, true, text, bar, y, 0, brush, new SimpleFont("Arial", 20), TextAlignment.Center, Brushes.Transparent, Brushes.Transparent, 100);

I saw a parameter after, Y that I could use, its a offsetY. But not sure how to get the time frame or how make some sort of calculation to add to the offset

Thank you

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello amfpaulo,

You can get the bar type and interval from the BarsPeriod.

Below is a link to the help guide.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/barsperiod.htm

The BarsPeriod.BarsPeriodType is the bar type, while BarsPeriod.Value is the interval.

The calculation would be up to you.
But you could do something like:

private int offsetY;

if (BarsPeriod.Value == 10)
offsetY = 5;
else if (BarsPeriod.Value == 15)
offsety = 7;

y = High[0] + offsetY;

[amfpaulo]

Thank you It helped, however I think I need to use another logic, before I start. Do you have any insight for the off set when bars change size drastically due to a very big bar or zoom ? How to keep things responsive ?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello amfpaulo,

You can check the High[0] - Low[0] is greater than a number of ticks.

if ((High[0] - Low[0]) / TickSize > 5)

[amfpaulo]

Cool. Thank you . I'll try this