Color to change when EMAs are the same

[tkaboris]

HI

I want a little indicator that if sloping up it plots blue color, if sloping down it plots red and if values are the same its white.
I think i am doing something wrong with round. It can stay and show 0 for some time because it rounds it and values are fluctuating between 0.01 - 1. How to make it right?
And also if it displays 0 it would be displayed in border white

I want to display slope difference in ticks between 2 emas

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
            fastValue = EMA(Close,FastEMA)[0];
            slowValue = EMA(Close,SlowEMA)[0];
            SEMA[0] = fastValue;
            FEMA[0] = slowValue;
            diff = Math.Abs(fastValue - slowValue);
            ang = Math.Round(diff);
            //Print(diff);
            //NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.SimpleFont myFont = new NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.SimpleFont("Courier New", 26) { Size = 50, Bold = true };
            if (slowValue == fastValue)
            Draw.TextFixed(this, "angulation", "this" + ang.ToString(), TextPosition.TopRight, ChartControl.Properties.ChartText, myFont, Brushes.White, Brushes.Transparent, 0);

            else if (fastValue > slowValue)
            Draw.TextFixed(this, "angulation", "" + ang.ToString(), TextPosition.TopRight, ChartControl.Properties.ChartText, myFont, Brushes.Blue, Brushes.Transparent, 0);

            else
                Draw.TextFixed(this, "angulation", "" + ang.ToString(), TextPosition.TopRight, ChartControl.Properties.ChartText, myFont, Brushes.OrangeRed, Brushes.Transparent, 0);


        }​

[NinjaTrader_Emily]

Hello tkaboris,

Thank you for your post.

You mentioned, "It can stay and show 0 for some time because it rounds it and values are fluctuating between 0.01 - 1." though I am not sure what you are referring to. Are you referring to the text you are drawing on the chart? I see you have the following print statement commented out:
//Print(diff);

I suggest adding additional print statements to verify the values being used. You are not using diff in your Draw.TextFixed methods; it looks like you are using ang. This means you should print the value of ang along with the values for diff, fastValue, and slowValue. Since you want the value to be displayed in a number of ticks, you may prefer to use RoundToTickSize() or RoundDownToTickSize():

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

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

"if it displays 0 it would be displayed in border white"
To achieve this, you could set a condition to check if the value is 0. You currently have the following:

 if (slowValue == fastValue)
Draw.TextFixed(this, "angulation", "this" + ang.ToString(), TextPosition.TopRight, ChartControl.Properties.ChartText, myFont, Brushes.White, Brushes.Transparent, 0);​

This condition is checking if slowValue is equal to fastValue. What you could check is if the value for ang is equal to 0:

if (ang == 0)

Ultimately, I suspect that using print statements to verify the values used in your script will be a helpful tool to debug the behavior you are observing and modify your script so that it behaves exactly how you'd like it to. We have more information about using prints to debug your scripts here:

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

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

[tkaboris]

I need to display the same value from strategy and in indicator

In my strategy i have this lilne to calcualte difference between two emas
double emaAngulation = fastEMA[0] - slowEMA[0];
Print(emaAngulation);


My Indicator is like this
fastValue = EMA(Close,FastEMA)[0];
slowValue = EMA(Close,SlowEMA)[0];
diff = Math.Abs(fastValue - slowValue) ;
ang = Math.Round(diff)* TickSize;
Print(ang);

Value from indicator is larger then whats from strategy.
How can I make indicator to display the same angulation number as my strategy both for longs and shorts if its different

[NinjaTrader_Emily]

Hello tkaboris,

Thank you for your note.

Do you mean that the values for emaAngulation and ang are different from each other? Based on the snippets here, it looks like they might be calculated differently. What is the difference you are seeing between the two? I am also unsure what you mean "for longs and shorts if its different" - please clarify what difference you are referring to so I may better understand.

I look forward to your reply.