Bars Since Plot

[DTSSTS]

Looking with bar count or bar time to some how compare the most recent plot of an indicator to the previous plot of an indicator

Swing for example you would have a Swing High - most current and a Swing Low most current

Looking to create condition if last Swing High was plotted After the Last Swing Low or before the Last Swing Low

Need some direction of how to approach that

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi, thanks for posting.

I made this Single Dot Swing indicator in the past that makes the swing indicator a bit easier to work with:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/indicator-development/106324-swing-indicator-nt8#post822822

You may download and import the script to test it. Also, use the Print method to print data from the script to see what code is executing and where. To see what comes first you can use boolean variables to keep track of what the last two swings were.

Best regards,
-ChrisL

[DTSSTS]

I am not actually using a Swing Indicator, but my own version that number them H1 H2 H3 with H1 being most recent, and H2 was the old H1, works great, has L1 L2 L3 as well

So i Know the H1 was more recent than H2 and I know that L1 was more recent than L2

but I do not know if H1 was more recent than L1 OR if L1 was more recent than H1 < --- this is my issue to resolve

I use alot Bool statements but I do not know how to use it in this case, th


thought of use a double but cant seem to get that to work either, I could be that I do not understand the double well enough

I was hoping to INDENTIFY A bar number at H1 and bar number at L1

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi DTSSTS, thanks for your reply.

You are identifying the Highs and Lows in some way and ordering them 1-4. It seems the best solution is to save the time stamp of the bar when you are identifying the swings. You can use a Tuple object to save two objects into one:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/value-tuples

[DTSSTS]

Thanks, if what I am trying now does not work I will investigate your suggestion. I think the double value and using logic that the current H1 just change on the last bar to toggle the double value might work.

thanks again