Hello everyone,

would anyone know how to translate the script below (pinescript) to ninjascript?

The script is very simple, it only connects the pivots strength 1 with a line, including the pivots on 'outside bars' (bars with pivot high and low at the same time).

I've already tested the built-in Zigzag of Ninjatrader, all the ones available on the Ninjatrader User Script Sharing site, and all the free ones available here in NexusFi, but I still think this one below is the best one for monitoring the formation of all legs in the chart.

 

Code

//@version=4 study(title="zigzag pivot high pivot low", overlay=true, max_lines_count=500, max_labels_count=500) var dirUp = false var lastLow = 0.0 var lastHigh = 0.0 var timeLow = bar_index var timeHigh = bar_index var line li = na if dirUp if pivotlow(1,0) lastLow := low timeLow := bar_index line.delete(li) li := line.new(timeHigh, lastHigh, timeLow, lastLow, xloc.bar_index, color=dirUp ? color.yellow : color.blue, width=2, style=line.style_solid) if pivothigh(1,0) lastHigh := high timeHigh := bar_index dirUp := false li := line.new(timeHigh, lastHigh, timeLow, lastLow, xloc.bar_index, color=dirUp ? color.yellow : color.blue, width=2, style=line.style_solid) if not dirUp if pivothigh(1,0) lastHigh := high timeHigh := bar_index line.delete(li) li := line.new(timeHigh, lastHigh, timeLow, lastLow, xloc.bar_index, color=dirUp ? color.yellow : color.blue, width=2, style=line.style_solid) if pivotlow(1,0) lastLow := low timeLow := bar_index dirUp := true li := line.new(timeHigh, lastHigh, timeLow, lastLow, xloc.bar_index, color=dirUp ? color.yellow : color.blue, width=2, style=line.style_solid)

A guy (thanks man) tried to do this translation for Quantower C# script like in the script below, but without the 'outside bar' feature.

 

Code

using System; using System.Drawing; using TradingPlatform.BusinessLayer; namespace Zigzag { public class Zigzag : Indicator { public Zigzag() : base() { Name = "Zigzag"; Description = "Sample ZigZag drawing"; SeparateWindow = false; } protected override void OnInit() { } protected override void OnUpdate(UpdateArgs args) { } public override void OnPaintChart(PaintChartEventArgs args) { var gr = Graphics.FromHdc(args.Hdc); var converter = this.CurrentChart.Windows[args.WindowIndex].CoordinatesConverter; int x1, xprev, y1, yprev; int max = this.Count - 2; bool trendingup = true; bool pivotpoint = false; int previouspivot = max; Pen pen; for (int i = max; i >= 0; i--) { double hprice0 = this.High(offset: i); double lprice0 = this.Low(offset: i); double hprice1 = this.High(offset: i + 1); double lprice1 = this.Low(offset: i + 1); if (trendingup) { if (hprice0 < hprice1) { pivotpoint = true; trendingup = false; } } else { if (lprice0 > lprice1) { pivotpoint = true; trendingup = true; } } if (i == 0) { pivotpoint = true; trendingup = !trendingup; hprice1 = this.High(offset: 0); lprice1 = this.Low(offset: 0); i -= 1; } if (pivotpoint) { DateTime t1 = new DateTime(ticks: (this.HistoricalData[i + 1].TicksLeft + this.HistoricalData[i + 1].TicksRight + 1) / 2, DateTimeKind.Utc); DateTime tprevious = new DateTime(ticks: (this.HistoricalData[previouspivot].TicksLeft + this.HistoricalData[previouspivot].TicksRight + 1) / 2, DateTimeKind.Utc); x1 = (int)converter.GetChartX(t1); xprev = (int)converter.GetChartX(tprevious); if (trendingup) { y1 = (int)converter.GetChartY(lprice1); double priceprev = this.High(offset: previouspivot); yprev = (int)converter.GetChartY(priceprev); pen = new Pen(Color.Green, 2); } else { y1 = (int)converter.GetChartY(hprice1); double priceprev = this.Low(offset: previouspivot); yprev = (int)converter.GetChartY(priceprev); pen = new Pen(Color.YellowGreen, 2); } gr.DrawLine(pen, x1, y1, xprev, yprev); previouspivot = i + 1; pivotpoint = false; } } } } }

Here, an image of the script working:

There's a built-in zigzag indicator in NT8. Have you looked into whether that does what you need?