Reconstruct 1 tick

[AgriTrdr]

Hi,

I was looking to reconstruct a 1 tick chart with VOL indicator. If the VOL of the current bar is grater than 5 hold that value and keep adding if the values are grater than 5 until. For example:

tick1 - 7
tick2 - 5
tick3 - 10
tick4 - 4

the sum of the above should be 22 because it’s calculating anything above 5.

Would something like the below work:

if (VOL[0] >= 5)
{
largevolume++;
Print …. +largevolume;
}
else if (VOL[0] < 5)
{
largevolume = 0;
}

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello AgriTrdr,

Thank you for your post.

From the code provided, it looks like it should perform what you are describing.

If the current value of the VOL indicator is greater than or equal to 5, it will increment your largevolume variable.
Else if the current value of VOL is less than 5, largevolume is reset to 0.

Just as a heads up, our support generally can't answer questions like "does this look right", we would redirect you to try the script and make sure it does what you asked of it. Testing the script is a very important part of the strategy creation process so that squarely falls on the developer to make sure it works as planned.

If you have tested the script out and it does not working as you're expecting, we can assist you in the debugging process.

If you need further assistance please let us know.

[AgriTrdr]

Hi Gaby,

thanks for your response. I tested the above and I realize what it’s doing is that it’s acting as a “counter” rather than summing the values of VOL indicator. So every time the VOL is above 5, until it goes below 5, it’ll print and let me know how many times the VOL was above 5. How would I get the sum of the VOL?

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello AgriTrdr,

largevolume++ will just increment this variable by 1. If you want to add the the current value of the VOL indicator to largevolume, you would need to do something like this:

largevolume = largevolume + VOL[0];

or

largevolume += VOL[0];

Please let us know if you have any further questions.

[AgriTrdr]

Thank you! It's working exactly how I wanted it to.