Variables for real body average

[fluke]

Hi

Can someone help me. I would like to prepare an average for real bodies on candles. with a user input period.

Wizard can do the user input for me .

Could I use a variable RealBody (Math.Abs(Open-Close)? and put it in the SMA method parameters (price series RealBody, period) and if yes where do I declare the variables sma and realbody?

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello fluke,

Welcome to the forums! I'm glad you got the registration issue sorted.

Yes, you could store the calculated values for Open[0] - Close[0] in a Series<double> and use that as input for an indicator. The SampleMACrossover strategy can be referenced to see how an indicator is added in a NinjaScript, and our documentation page on Series<T> provides a demonstration for how you can set a value to a Series<double> and feed that to an indicator. I'll include a more direct example, however, I would advise reviewing these other examples and the documentation pages in this post for further reference.

private SMA mySMA;
private Series<double> mySeries;
protected override void OnStateChange()
{
	if (State == State.SetDefaults)
	{
		...
	}
	else if (State == State.DataLoaded)
	{
		mySeries = new Series<double>(this);
		mySMA = SMA(mySeries, 14);
	}
}

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
	mySeries[0] = Math.Abs(Open[0] - Close[0]);
	if(CurrentBar < 14)
		return;
	Print(mySMA[0]);
	//Print(SMA(mySeries, 14)[0]);
}

Publicly available documentation on these items about can be found below.

Working with Price Series - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ice_series.htm

Series<T> - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...us/seriest.htm

Valid Input for System Indicator methods - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help..._indicator.htm

Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.

[fluke]

Variables real body average

Fantastic Jim

Just what I was looking for.
Thanks