use the output of indicator as the parameter of another one

[Playdc]

I have one question about how to use the output of one indicator as the input parameter of another indicator.

I have two data series. series 1 is 1 minute data, series 2 is daily data. I want to use the daily 60 days move average close price to do some simple math as one input parameter of another indicator.

Here are the codes

A1 = 25;
A2 = 70;
A3 = 5;
A4 = 10;
A5 = 10;
A6 = 5;
A7 = 10;
A8 = 10;

Quantity = 1;

}
else if (State == State.Configure)
{
AddDataSeries("YMMAR25",Data.BarsPeriodType.Day, 1, Data.MarketDataType.Last);
}
else if (State == State.DataLoaded)
{
Moonlight1 = Moonlight(Close, A1, 70*(SMA[0]/42000), Convert.ToInt32(A3), Convert.ToInt32(A4), true, Convert.ToInt32(A5));
SMA1=SMA(Closes[1],60);


I got the errors as follows
NinjaScript File,Error,Code,Line,Column,
Moonligh.cs,Cannot apply indexing with [] to an expression of type 'method group',CS0021,331,72,

Is there any walk around method? Thank you.

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello Playdc,

Thank you for your post.

You would first need to define the SMA, right now you're directly applying an index to the SMA method (in the line that is defining the Moonlight indicator) which is leading to the compile error.

For example,

//at the class level
private SMA SMA1;

//in State.DataLoaded
SMA1 = SMA(14);

Then you could call SMA1[0] when the script begins processing data, which would be when State is State.Historical or State.Realtime from OnBarUpdate(). Note that you would not be able to call SMA1[0] in State.DataLoaded, because the script hasn't begun processing any data to call any value of the SMA. You will likely hit a runtime error if you attempt to do this.

//in OnBarUpdate
myIndicator = (SMA1[0]);

Please let us know if you have any further questions.