Trend Lines rising/falling?

[Dolfan]

I am trying to use Trend Lines in the Strategy Builder whereas if it reads the trend is rising or falling. However, as one can see by this error message https://www.screencast.com/t/67adOimrVJjQ the strategy builder requires a different expression. This seems pretty straight forward to me. What I am I missing?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello Dolfan,

Thanks for your post.

The error message is advising that the selections made are invalid, in that case, you are comparing a double value (the current bar value of the Trendlines) to a bool type question (Is it rising)

There are a couple of ways to accomplish your goal in the strategy builder.

You can create a condition where the trendlines indicator current bar is greater than the previous bar of the trendlines indicator.

You can select Misc>Rising and select the Trendlines indicator, equals, Misc>true

I've added a couple of condition screenshots to help:

[Dolfan]

Thanks Paul. I still find the indicator a bit mystifying. For example, I placed 10 Trend Lines indicators on one chart and they are illustrating things that are not well defined, at least not to me. If I place 1 Trend Line on a chart, how do I dictate in the settings how much time is used to calculate the trend?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello Dolfan,

Thanks for your reply.

Like the Swing indicator, the Trendlines indicator uses a strength setting that relates to the number of bars before/after a swing point to confirm, in this case, a trendline.

I would suggest testing various strength settings. To further illustrate, add the swing indicator with the same strength setting on the same chart.

Reference: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...rend-lines.htm