max and minimum of a bar

[ezrollin]

Simple question.
How can I tell the strategy builder that I'm only wanting big bars?
Like Max - Min = 100 points big? Thanks

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello ezrollin,

Thanks for your post.

There are two ways you can do this.

1) Use the indicators MAX and MIN and set them to be 1 period and set the MAX to the High data series and set the MIN to the low data series and use "Offset" to subtract the MIN from the MAX and that will provide the number of points in the bar.

2) Use the Range indicator, which will provide the number of points in the bar.

For ease of use, I would suggest just using the Range indicator and then you can set a condition that the Range must be greater than Misc>Numeric Value (and provide a number of points of interest).

[ezrollin]

In builder would it just be Range()[0] > 100?
Seems like it should be working on 2 variables like Range(high - low)[0] > 100 to be correct?

[ezrollin]

think I figured it out on that last one thanks

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello ezrollin,

Thanks for your replies.

No, all you need is Range() as that is what Range means/does (High- low).

Here is the code of the Range indicator:
protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
Value[0] = High[0] - Low[0];
}

Try printing out the range value of each bar and you will see.