SMI2 Indicator

March 6th, 2010, 07:53 PM

cory

you use drawregion command, basically you pain from one y value to other y value as you go bar by bar.
https://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/helpguide.html?DrawRegion
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cory

in this case since y1 and y2 is fix value it is very simple;
DrawRegion("band1", CurrentBar, 0, 20, -20, Color.Green, 10);

Cory,

I tried that & it doesn't seem to like that line of code. I get:
"No overload for method "DrawRegion" takes "7" arguments"

So, I went in to your indicator & copied code & modified it for mine:
(added a private double M = 0; the public data series for "Middle", "UR" (upper region) and "LR" (lower region), thinking that if '0' was the middle, +20 would be the upper region and -20 would be the lower region & then added this code:

Middle.Set(M);
UR.Set(20);
LR.Set(-20);
DrawRegion("choparea", CurrentBar, 0, Middle, UR, Color.Transparent, Color.DimGray, 10);
DrawRegion("choparea", CurrentBar, 0, Middle, LR, Color.Transparent, Color.DimGray, 10);

And EVERYTHING disappeared from that indicator panel - all the lines, histogram bars, alert lines, - everything. HELP! (THANKS!)

March 6th, 2010, 09:28 PM

it wiped out because it try to draw region on price panel you need to tell it 'no'
...
DrawOnPricePanel = false;
...

you code will work but it's kind of heavy for this job, here is a sample using one data series only.

March 6th, 2010, 11:07 PM

cory

it wiped out because it try to draw region on price panel you need to tell it 'no'
...
DrawOnPricePanel = false;
...

you code will work but it's kind of heavy for this job, here is a sample using one data series only.

Thank you very much for this!

March 7th, 2010, 01:12 AM

remember to turn it off so that you can draw arrows, vertical lines on price panel again
...
DrawOnPricePanel = true;
...

March 7th, 2010, 06:51 AM

Guys....I am very glad I started this thread. I just needed a simple clarification and it is ending up to be a thread for creation of a revised and more useful indicator....excellent work Zeller, Wizard, Cory and everyone else contributing. This just shows how powerful this forum can get (Thanks Mike).

Thanks
-Keep

March 7th, 2010, 12:48 PM

cory

remember to turn it off so that you can draw arrows, vertical lines on price panel again
...
DrawOnPricePanel = true;
...

Cory, Just so I understand:

DrawOnPricePanel = false;
....then the code for coloring the region
...then
DrawOnPricePanel = true; (to allow for the drawing of arrows, lines, etc)

So it turn 'off' just long enough to color the region, then turn it back 'on' for line, arrows, etc - each new bar cycle?

Is that how it should look? As always, a big THANK YOU.

p.s. Maybe you'll make a programmer out of me yet!

March 7th, 2010, 01:24 PM

TheWizard

Cory, Just so I understand:

DrawOnPricePanel = false;
....then the code for coloring the region
...then
DrawOnPricePanel = true; (to allow for the drawing of arrows, lines, etc)

So it turn 'off' just long enough to color the region, then turn it back 'on' for line, arrows, etc - each new bar cycle?

Is that how it should look? As always, a big THANK YOU.

p.s. Maybe you'll make a programmer out of me yet!

yes, you got it.
yes, thats the idea behind of why I cited sources and examples instead of merely giving you the codes.

March 7th, 2010, 10:46 PM

perryg

Yes that is correct

Perry,

I just posted the SMI5 to the downloads section with the enhancements you requested. Cory was kind enough to guide me through & contribute the code that made this possible.

March 7th, 2010, 11:18 PM

Wizard, I just downloaded and applied the SMI5 to a 6E chart. For some reason, I can not get the arrows or the background color to paint on the price bar. I have the paint background to "true" and show arrows as "true", also.

Appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Keep

March 7th, 2010, 11:28 PM

keepdchange

Wizard, I just downloaded and applied the SMI5 to a 6E chart. For some reason, I can not get the arrows or the background color to paint on the price bar. I have the paint background to "true" and show arrows as "true", also.

Appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Keep

Keep,

Go into the indicator preferences panel & under OFFSET, change it to 0.001.

The background coloring occurs in the indicator panel (#2, #3, etc) - not the main price bar panel.

If you want to paint the price bar panel, add another SMI5, change all the plots (lines, dots, histogram bars, etc) to "TRANSPARENT" and then put the indicator in PANEL 1. That way ONLY the background coloring will occur & only in panel 1 (Pricebar panel).

I've attached a screenshot of what my 6E looks like with the OFFSET set to 0.001 for the arrows, both on the slow and the fast SMI5. Hope that helps.

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