i want an indicator that will exactly replicate a strategy with particular structure.

[rtwave]

this was a really bad experience.



this is a perfectly valid question i made and repeated multiple times: one can create a strategy and an indicator for nt that are exactly identical, and then colors, alerts and any other actions on the indicator will have nothing to do with the entries and exits on the strategy.



nt support was not of much help, it took me a long time, a lot of trial and error and also studying some c# to be able to figure this out by myself.



i share the solution here for anyone else who could find this to be useful.




one can have this strategy that i posted to this thread:


if ((Position.MarketPosition != MarketPosition.Short)
&& (SMA1[0] < SMA1[1])
&& (Momentum1[0] < Moml1)
&& (ADX1[0] > Adxp))
{
EnterShort(Convert.ToInt32(Posi), @"sp01");
}


else


// Set 4
if ((Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
&& (SMA1[0] < SMA1[1]))
{
ExitLong(Convert.ToInt32(Posi), @"elp01", @"lp01");
}


// Set 3
if ((Position.MarketPosition != MarketPosition.Long)
&& (SMA1[0] > SMA1[1])
&& (Momentum1[0] > Moml2)
&& (ADX1[0] > Adxp))
{
EnterLong(Convert.ToInt32(Posi), @"lp01");
}


else


// Set 2
if ((Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Short)
&& (SMA1[0] > SMA1[1]))
{
ExitShort(Convert.ToInt32(Posi), @"esp01", @"sp01");
}



an indicator with the exact same structure, components and inputs will have nothing to do with this strategy.

[rtwave]

it is this structure that the indicator must have:



if ( (SMA1[0] < SMA1[1])

&& (Momentum1[0] < Moml1)

&& (ADX1[0] > Adxp)) )

{

downtrend0barsago = true;

uptrend0barsago = false;

}

else if ( (SMA1[0] < SMA1[1]) )

{

uptrend0barsago = false;

}



if ( (SMA1[0] > SMA1[1])

&& (Momentum1[0] > Moml2)

&& (ADX1[0] > Adxp) )

{

uptrend0barsago = true;

downtrend0barsago = false;

}

else if ( (SMA1[0] > SMA1[1]) )

{

downtrend0barsago = false;

}



if ( (SMA1[1] < SMA1[2])

&& (Momentum1[1] < Moml1)

&& (ADX1[1] > Adxp)) )

{

downtrend1barsago = true;

uptrend1barsago = false;

}

else if ( (SMA1[1] < SMA1[2]) )

{

uptrend1barsago = false;

}



if ( (SMA1[1] > SMA1[2])

&& (Momentum1[1] > Moml2)

&& (ADX1[1] > Adxp) )

{

uptrend1barsago = true;

downtrend1barsago = false;

}

else if ( (SMA1[0] > SMA1[1]) )

{

downtrend1barsago = false;

}



if (downtrend0barsago == true)

{

PlotBrushes * downtrend color *

}

if (uptrend0barsago == true)

{

PlotBrushes * uptrend color *

}

if (downtrend0barsago == false && uptrend0barsago == false)

{

PlotBrushes * neutral color *

}



if (downtrend0barsago == true && downtrend1barsago == false)

{

* short entry events, alerts, emails, files, et cetera *

}

if (uptrend0barsago == true && uptrend1barsago == false)

{

* long entry events, alerts, emails, files, et cetera *

}

[Jack22]

MojoJojo give this a try teindicatortri.cs

You can store the theoretical strategy position as a Series<int> so then you can also do your "check" for Position.MarketPosition