Displacement in Strategy Wizard

[razeus]

Hello,
I have a MA Simple of 14 Periods with displacement of 8. How Can I put this on Strategy Wizard for this works properly. The logic is simple:
1) I have MA(14)[8] based on price High and another based on price Low.
2) If the Price(Closed) > SMA(High, 14) with displacement 8 >>> So "Enter long" (with TP and SL).

I

can note that strategy wizard displacement doesnt works. I read several old post about similar question a

s: https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...nt-in-strategy

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?displacement.htm

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-7/platform-technical-support/53066-indicator-displacement-in-strategy-wizard

But it doesn't help me. Can someone help me with an example? Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello razeus,

Thank you for your post.

When you say displacement, do you mean you're wanting the value of the SMA(14) eight bars ago, or do you mean you want the Close price to be greater than the SMA(14) plus 8? Or do you mean the displacement you see in a chart when applying an indicator?

Thanks in advance; I look forward to assisting you further.

[razeus]

Hello razeus,

Thank you for your post.

When you say displacement, do you mean you're wanting the value of the SMA(14) eight bars ago, or do you mean you want the Close price to be greater than the SMA(14) plus 8? Or do you mean the displacement you see in a chart when applying an indicator?

Thanks in advance; I look forward to assisting you further.

Hello Kate, you are right "

you're wanting the value of the SMA(14) eight bars ago

" also I want to Close[0] > SMA(14) with displacement 8, the unique problem is with displacement value.

Thanks for your help. The problem is that displacement doesn't work in Strategy Wizard.

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello razeus,

Thank you for your reply.

Displacement is an indicator property that shifts the plot visually, and you're right that this cannot be set in the Strategy Builder. In the Strategy Builder, to actually reference those data points, you would use the Bars Ago property. So, to add a condition that will check whether Close[0] > SMA(14)[8], it would look like this:



If you wanted it to plot on the chart, you would just need to make sure the Plot on Chart box is checked.

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

[razeus]

Hello Kate,
I can detect that Plot dones't work with Strategy Wizard and displacement.




So, the Plot from Strategy Wizard is wrong but calculation is right. Do you have any manner for Plot properly with Strategy Wizard?

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello razeus,

Thank you for your reply.

There is no displacement property in the Strategy Builder, rather, the Bars Ago setting references historical values but does not adjust the plot of the indicator visually.

Using the Data Box with Bars Ago enabled can help you understand a Bars Ago reference to a current bar. I'm including a screenshot of where I've created a chart that has both a very simple strategy that plots the SMA from the strategy and then also added an SMA with 8 displacement as just a regular indicator to the chart. The regular SMA indicator with the displacement is green, the one from the Strategy is orange.



You'll note in the data box that's visible in the screenshot that we are looking at data from 8 bars ago, and that the SMA plotted from the Strategy is given as 53.58 - the same as depicted from the SMA indicator with the 8 displacement for the current bar.

I then set up a print in the Strategy Builder that looks like this to confirm my data values are indeed correct for my strategy:



This looks like this in the Actions section of Conditions and Actions:



I didn't add any conditions to this set, so it would print on every bar.

Here's a print from the strategy for the current bar:

SMA(14)[8] value: 53.5678571428573 | SMA(14)[0] value: 53.5628571428573 30064

And from 8 bars ago, the bar we're displaying in the databox:

SMA(14)[8] value: 53.5914285714287 | SMA(14)[0] value: 53.5678571428573 30056

As you can see, the values are correct for the SMA(14)[8].

As a workaround, I would suggest applying an SMA(14) with a displacement of 8 as an Indicator directly to the chart, then add your Strategy to the chart as well. That way you can see the expected visual displacement even though you cannot plot it from the strategy directly. You could unlock the strategy code and plot this manually, but it would not be possible within the Builder itself.

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

[razeus]

Kate, thanks you so much for your explain.