Bar Coloring Offset

[tonynt]

Hello,

I couldnt find in "NinjaTrader8 HelpGuide" how one can backcolor bars. If a certain condition is true and lets say calculated during the last 5 bars then do coloring those 5 bars.

Thank you!
Tony

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello tonynt,

Thanks for your post.

Changing the color of a bar can be done with BarBrush. Setting the color historically can be done with BarBrushes[]. If you are referring to the background color behind the bar, BackBrush and BackBrushes[] can be used respectively.

Documentation and example code for BarBrush and BarBrushes can be found below.

BarBrush - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...s/barbrush.htm
BarBrushes - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...barbrushes.htm

Documentation and example code for BackBrush and BackBrushes can be found below.

BackBrush - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help.../backbrush.htm
BackBrushes - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ackbrushes.htm

Please let us know if you have any questions.

[tonynt]

Hello,

thank you for your reply. When working with BarBrushes in a script with only primary dataseries it works all OK. But when I use it in a script with eg 3 dataseries there are strange plottings.

I thought it is the same problem that would be eg with using High[0] instead of referring accurately with Highs[0][0] (when using more dataseries)

But there are error messages when compiling once I use eg BarBrushes[0][1] = Brushes.Cyan;

How can one use BarBrushes in a script with more than 1 dataseries please so that plotting is correctly and to avoid issues.

Thank you!
Tony

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello tonynt,

Indicator drawings and plots are relative to the primary data series. The same applies for BarBrush and BackBrush. In a multi time frame NinjaScript, it would be advised to use BarBrush and BackBrush on BarsInProgress 0 iterations of OnBarUpdate.

BarsInProgress - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...inprogress.htm

Please let us know if you have any questions.