EMA Alert Momentum

[wealthcig]

Hi All.

First thanks for the support to the community for helping me. I have a question. Is there a way to have a text or email alert set up in my EMA Slope indicator 23 high and 23 low EMA? What I am trying to achieve is if the EMA slope up or down a certain degree(momentum) I would get a text. I am missing a lot of trades because I keep missing the momentum. any suggestions or advice

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello wealthcig,

Yes, it is possible to send an email and a text message.

I have a video that demonstrates the process of setting up gmail as a share service.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10vAzAOdqF8lmj4M1MS5EOT-j4xBdtgep/view?usp=sharing

Below I am providing a link to the help guide on 'Managing Share Services'.
http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...gShareServices

As well as a link to the instructions for common SMTP server setups.
http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...ad.php?t=45339

And a (publicly available) 3rd party link to common email to sms address formats. (for Verizon this is the 10-digit number followed by @vtext.com. For example [email protected])

http://www.emailtextmessages.com/

Emails can also be sent in NinjaTrader 8 using the SendMail() method from a NinjaScript.
http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...s/sendmail.htm
https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...g_concepts.htm

Please let me know if you would like assistance with the setup.

[wealthcig]

what about the momentum in the indicator?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello wealthcig,

It sounds like you want to measure the slope. For this there is the Slope() method.

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

[wealthcig]

Yes where would I put it in the indicator I have without messing it up

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello wealthcig,

Likely, this would go in OnBarUpdate().

For example:
if (Slope(EMA(14), 10, 0) > 0)
{
Print("upslope");
}

[wealthcig]

I input the parameters but its not responding

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello wealthcig,

When you say 'its not responding' do you mean the entire NinjaTrader platform has gone gray and there is a windows message saying the application has stopped responding?

Or do you mean that you are printing Slope(EMA(23), 10, 0) and this is printing a value that is less than 0?

[wealthcig]

yes its not printing anything

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello wealthcig,

This may indicate one of the outer conditions is not evaluating as true.

Outside of all conditions containing the order method, print the time of the bar, and all values used in the outermost condition.

Meaning:

Print(string.Format("{0} | ", Time[0])); /* print is here outside of the conditions that are not evaluating as true */

if (/* this is the outer condition */)
{
if (/* this is the inner condition */)
{
/* order method is here */
}
}

Then please save the output to a text file and attach this as an attachment with your next post.

[wealthcig]

They are not time-based bars they are Renko bars. I am not sure how to do this

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello wealthcig,

Renko bars will still have time stamps. Time[0] is the close time of the bar, for all bar types, including renko bars.

Below I am providing a link to a forum post that demonstrates how to use prints to understand behavior and includes videos.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-7/strategy-development-aa/99209-date-conditions-not-working?p=791121#post791121

I am also including a link to a forum post with helpful information about getting started with NinjaScript and C#.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/indicator-development/97575-sample-scripts?p=786040#post786040

Try by just printing the time of the bar outside of all conditions that trigger the order method.