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[Titli]

Hello NinjaTrader family,

How would I state bars 3, 2 had their highs above and lows less than a line but none of these bars were dependent on closing greater or lower than the previous bar? Meaning bar 2 just needs to have a close higher and close lower than a line but shouldn't mean close is greater or lower than previous bar. I can code 2 bars ago to close higher and lower than the line but I don't want the candle to be a specific color. I might still be confusing a lot of folks. The idea is to look for three candles that have their highs above a line and lows below a line but are not dependent on the close of the previous bar. So I can have three red bars meet this condition, 2green bars and 1 red, all green bars etc.

Thank you
Titli

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello Titli,

Thanks for your post.

I am not sure I understand exactly what you are wanting to accomplish.

Are you wanting to detect if the High price and Low price of 2 bars ago are greater/less than an indicator plot (line)?

You could reference the High price 2 bars ago by passing in a barsAgo value of 2 when calling High[barsAgo], such as High[2]. Similarly, a bars ago value of 2 could be passed into Low[barsAgo] to get the low price 2 bars ago, such as Low[2].

To get the High price 1 bar ago, you could use High[1]. To get the Low price 1 bar ago, you could use Low[1]. To get the current High price and Low price, you could use a bars ago value of 0, such as High[0] and Low[0].

These values could then be compared to an indicator or numerical value in your script.

See the help guide pages below for more information.

Low: https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/low.htm
High: https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/high.htm

Let me know if I may assist further.