How to get trades above ask and below bid?

[MiCe1999]

How can I detect trades that occurred above ask and below bid in ninjascript? (trades that are yellow and pink in T&S)

Following does not work:

        protected override void OnMarketData(MarketDataEventArgs marketDataUpdate)
        {
            if (marketDataUpdate.MarketDataType != MarketDataType.Last)
                return;
                
            // Count buys (trades above ask)
            if (marketDataUpdate.Price > marketDataUpdate.Ask)
            {
                upCount++;
            }
            // Count sells (trades below bid)
            else if (marketDataUpdate.Price < marketDataUpdate.Bid)
            {
                downCount++;
            }&#8203; 

[NinjaTrader_Eduardo]

Hello MiCe1999,

Thank you for your post.


The sample on the following forum post may help you replicate the Time & Sales window behavior:

https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/ninjatrader-8/indicator-development/97522-time-and-sales#post785841

If you have any issues with the conditions or trades, debugging may help.
To understand why the script is behaving as it is, add prints to the script that print the values used for the logic of the script to understand how the script is evaluating.
In the strategy add prints (outside of any conditions) that print the date time of the bar and all values compared in every condition that places an order.

The prints should include the time of the bar and should print all values from all variables and all hard coded values in all conditions that must evaluate as true for this action to be triggered. It is very important to include a text label for each value and for each comparison operator in the print to understand what is being compared in the condition sets.

The debugging print output should clearly show what the condition is, what time the conditions are being compared, all values being compared, and how they are being compared.

Prints will appear in the NinjaScript Output window (New > NinjaScript Output window).
Further, enable TraceOrders which will let us know if any orders are being ignored and not being submitted when the condition to place the orders is evaluating as true.

After enabling TraceOrders remove the instance of the strategy from the Configured list in the Strategies window and add a new instance of the strategy from the Available list.

Below is a link to a support article that demonstrates using informative prints to understand behavior and includes a link to a video recorded using the Strategy Builder to add prints.

https://support.ninjatrader.com/s/article/Developer-Guide-Debugging-using-Print-and-TraceOrders

Please let me know if I may be of any further assistance.