Trend Magic plot lineColor

[ttmafox]

Hi everyone,

I am trying to build a strategy referring Trend Magic indicator’s color as a condition. I did some research here and found NT’s Brandon H’s suggestions of AddPlot and then assign lineColor[0].
I tried to add:

AddPlot(Brushes.Blue, lineColor)
Values [1][1] = lineColor [0]

The script compiled fine. A plot was added but the data was n/a in data box.

Can anyone please help me?

With Gratitude,

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello ttmafox,

Thanks for your post and welcome to the NinjaTrader Forums!

Did you modify the TrendMagic indicator script itself so that it is calling AddPlot() and assigning lineColor[0] to the plot?

The TrendMagic plot could be found on this User App Share page: https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/use...d/trend-magic/

The TrendMagic indicator plot is set based on a private custom Series variable called lineColor. When lineColor[0] evaluates to 1, the color of the plot is set to a default color of green. When lineColor[0] evaluates to 0 or -1, the bar color is changed to a default color of red.

To use the TrendMagic indicator's custom series "lineColor" in the Strategy Builder to change the color of the background, you would need to manually modify the TrendMagic indicator. A plot would need to be added to the indicator using the AddPlot() method and the plot would need to have the lineColor[0] value assigned to it.

You could then reference that newly added plot in Strategy Builder strategy conditions. For example, if you call AddPlot() to add a plot to the indicator and assign lineColor[0] to that plot, you could reference if the added plot is -1, 0, or 1 to determine the color of the TrendMagic plot in a condition.

See this help guide page for more information about AddPlot() and sample code: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...t8/addplot.htm

See this help guide page for more information about custom Series<T> variables: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...t8/seriest.htm

Below is a link to a forum post with helpful information about getting started with NinjaScript.
https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...040#post786040


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[HeyTFox]

Programming is beyond me. Did you get this to work? I was trying to build a Strategy using Trend Magic as well, but there is only one choice for Plot and that is Orange for some reason. I don't have the skills to add plots to the indicator so I can build a Strategy. Appreciate any help.

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello HeyTFox,

Thanks for your notes.

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