Get BackBrushes Value

[facuevasm]

Hello guys,

I have an indicator that changes the BackBrush color depending on conditions. I want to know if I can extract the backbrush color on a historical bar or current bar using the BackBrushes method. So far I have not been able to do that, I want to get on a string the color on the background of the bar.

Im using this code, but nothing is printed:

Print("CurrentBar: " + CurrentBar + " Color: " + BackBrushes[0]);

Please help!

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello facuevasm,

In general using the brush for logic would not be suggested, this would be a situation where a Series could be used to store what value is on each bar. That would be a better approach and could also be use as a signal if the series is read from another script.

If you specifically wanted a color name you could make a Series<string> and when you set the BackBrush to a color you would set the series to the color name. Later if you needed to know the color of a certain bar you would have the series ready to use.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/seriest.htm

[facuevasm]

Thank you Jesse. But in this case, another strategy is setting the BackBrush color. And I want to be able to read which color the strategy set on each bar.

Let me know how I could achieve this.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello facuevasm,

The BackBrush series would only be visible to the script setting it, if you need the two strategies to communicate you would need to make a single strategy that does all of the tasks.

[facuevasm]

Got it. Thank you for your help Jesse.

:=)