2nd bar same color

[sprks7979]

Hey all had a quick question. I am playing around with some new strategies and was wondering. Is there a way to take a buy or sell if the 2nd bar after a color change is same color?

Ie. turns from green to red, and then 2nd bar is red, so sell at the open of 3rd bar?

Thanks in advance.

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello sprks7979,

Thanks for your post.

To detect if the current bar is an up bar (green), a condition could be created that checks if the current Close price (Close[0]) is greater than the current Open price (Open[0]).

To detect if the previous bar is an up bar, the condition would check if the previous Close price (Close[1]) is greater than the previous Open price (Open[1]).

Note that we pass a BarsAgo value of 0 in for the price to get the current price. We pass a BarsAgo value of 1 in for the price to get the previous bar's price.

Detecting if the current bar is a down bar (red), the condition could check if the current Close price is less than the current Open price.

The previous bar will be a down bar is the previous Close price is less than the previous Open price.

A condition to check if two bars are in the same direction might look something like this:

//detect if two bars are both up bars (green)
if (Close[0] > Open[0] && Close[1] > Open[1])
{
    //do something here
}

See this help guide page for more information about accessing PriceSeries values: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...riceseries.htm

Let me know if I may assist further.

[sprks7979]

NinjaTrader_BrandonH Thanks for your reply, I should have mentioned that I am doing this in the strategy builder. Is it possible to do the same thing in the builder by adding multiple conditions?

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello sprks7979,

Thanks for your note.

Yes, it would be possible to have 2 or more price comparison conditions in the same Set when creating a Strategy Builder strategy.

See this help guide page for information about how to make Price comparisons in the Strategy Builder: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help..._builder.htm#H owToMakePriceDataComparisons

Here is a link to our publicly available training video, 'Strategy Builder 301', which you might find helpful.

Strategy Builder 301 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KQF2Sv27oE&t=13s

I am also linking you to the Educational Resources section of the Help Guide to help you get started with NinjaScript:
https://ninjatrader.com/support/help..._resources.htm

Please let me know if I may assist further.