Volume up and down

[Eddie De Meira]

I understand I can access the value of volume for the current bar by assigning VolumeUpDown()[0] to a variable, but it's not specific to up or down, how do I identify if the number returned refers to up or down in the code?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello, thanks for writing in.

You would need to check the price of the bar to know if the bar is up or down e.g.

if(Close[0] > Open[0])
{
//green bar
}
else if(Close[0] < Open[0])
{
//red bar
}

[Eddie De Meira]

Oh, I see... so it does not identify whether it's a sell or a buy, it only shows if it's really up or down from previous...
Is there a way to identify if the volume is long or short?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi, thanks for your reply

You would need to use the BuySellVolume indicator to separate the buys and sells. VolumeUpDown is just a regular total volume indicator that colors the plot based on the direction of the bar.

Best regards.

[Eddie De Meira]

Thank you