Hey All,

I'm trying to write a strategy that enters long when DoubleMA (5 HMA, 45 VMA) is rising (blue) and SuperTrend (3, VMA, 1.23, 3, ATR) is rising as well. Will short the opposite as well. NT, however, is not cooperating and I get the following error messages:

'NinjaTrader.Strategy.Strategy.TSSuperTrend(int, TSSuperTrend.Utility.MovingAverageType. double, int, TSSuperTrend.Utility.SuperTrendMode)' is a 'method' which is not valid in the given context

AND

'NinjaTrader.Indicator.Mav' is a 'type', which is not vaild in the given context

When I tried to doing this through the wizard, (DoubleMA on the left, == in the middle and "Rising" on the right OR DoubleMA rising == true OR DoubleMA > DoubleMA bars ago 1) I get this error message:

Return type of left expression 'DoubleMA' and right expression 'Boolean' do not match. You need to select a different item.

Why does Ninja hate me?

Thanks - Dave

dsraider 

Hey All, I'm trying to write a strategy that enters long when DoubleMA (5 HMA, 45 VMA) is rising (blue) and SuperTrend (3, VMA, 1.23, 3, ATR) is rising as well. Will short the opposite as well. NT, however, is not cooperating and I get the following error messages: 'NinjaTrader.Strategy.Strategy.TSSuperTrend(int, TSSuperTrend.Utility.MovingAverageType. double, int, TSSuperTrend.Utility.SuperTrendMode)' is a 'method' which is not valid in the given context AND 'NinjaTrader.Indicator.Mav' is a 'type', which is not vaild in the given context When I tried to doing this through the wizard, (DoubleMA on the left, == in the middle and "Rising" on the right OR DoubleMA rising == true OR DoubleMA > DoubleMA bars ago 1) I get this error message: Return type of left expression 'DoubleMA' and right expression 'Boolean' do not match. You need to select a different item. Why does Ninja hate me? Thanks - Dave

Hi Dave,

For the DoubleMA issue, DoubleMA has the following code:

if (Signal[0] == 1)
dmv.Set(RisingPlot[0]);
if (Signal[0] == -1)
dmv.Set(FallingPlot[0]);
if (Signal[0] == 0)
dmv.Set(NeutralPlot[0]);

Create 3 user defined inputs in the strategy, call them Rising, Falling, and Neutral. Give them the the 1, 0, -1 values.

Now you are using apples and apples!!!

With DoubleMA plot option on the left side set to signal, use == to user defined variables Rising, Falling, and Neutral on the right side.

Left and right sides will now agree and compile.

I hope this helps,

RJay

RJay,

Thanks for responding. Pretend, though, that I am a complete idiot when it comes to NinjaScript (pretend = I really am)

I followed your instuctions as follows:

Name = Rising, Type = int, Default = 1, Min = 1, Description = Rising DoubleMA (added your conditions for falling and neutral as well). After that, I added DoubleMA to the left (5 HMA, 45 VMA, signal), == in the middle and "rising" to the left. Got the same 'Boolean' error message.

Did I miss something?

Thanks

dsraider 

RJay, Thanks for responding. Pretend, though, that I am a complete idiot when it comes to NinjaScript (pretend = I really am) I followed your instuctions as follows: Name = Rising, Type = int, Default = 1, Min = 1, Description = Rising DoubleMA (added your conditions for falling and neutral as well). After that, I added DoubleMA to the left (5 HMA, 45 VMA, signal), == in the middle and "rising" to the left. Got the same 'Boolean' error message. Did I miss something? Thanks

dsraider,

Your getting there. each indicator requires an "if" condition. First line built in the prior post determines the direction of the DoubleMA indicator.

HMA and VMA have decimal style outputs. rising and falling can be determined by looking at the prior bar.

Set conditions:

if HMA[1] > HMA[0] (This means if its falling condition)

if HMA[1] < HMA[0] (This means if its rising condition)

The same is true for VMA.


You set one condition for each indicator for a total of three for each "set".

When all three are true, program will execute the "Do the following command" for that set.

RJay

I wish I could say that helped but I felt smarter before this post I assume this means I will need to code directly and can't use the wizard for all of this?

By the way, I used to live in Hartford. You're not a fellow UHA grad, are you? If so, well then, I'm sorry...

If anyone here has used TSsupertrend in a strategy, could you please, for the love of everything holy, PM me or post an existing cs file to this thread? I would greatly appreciate it, as would the last remaining hairs in my head.

Thanks in advance,
Dave