Slope for different BarsInProgres

[guillembm]

I'm trying to retrieve the slope for different BarsInProgres

I used the code:

if (BarsInProgress == 3)
{
Print("Slope " + Slope(SMA(10),5,0));
}

but here I get the slope for BIP == 0

I tried to set the slope as Slope(SMA(10)[3],5,0)

but I get an error when compiling.

what is the solution?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

guillembm, please try pushing in the needed BarsArray (or Highs, Lows, Closes) for the SMA to calculate on, so the Slope calculation would use this value.

[guillembm]

you mean this?

Slope(SMA(BarsArray[3],10)[3],5,0)

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Yes, but why do you request the SMA value 3 bars ago?

[guillembm]

Sorry. This should be the good one?

Slope(SMA(BarsArray[3],10),5,0)

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Yes, that looks good.

[kconradbell]

Slope for BarsArray Indicator

There appears to be something wrong with this condition. If I compare the slope of an EMA in a higher time frame to a numeric value higher than 0, no entries execute. If I leave at 0 and back test on a year long data set, over 1,000 entries execute. The dataseries being referenced is 610T CL. Plenty of high single or maybe even double digit slope of the 55 EMA.

&& Slope(EMA(BarsArray[1], 55), 3, 0) > 2

I also tried this method, but got the same results:

double myArray155Slope = Slope(EMA(BarsArray[1],55), 3, 0);

if (myArray155Slope > 2

I'm sure it's something simple. But I'm not having much luck figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks for any help.

[ninZa]

There appears to be something wrong with this condition. If I compare the slope of an EMA in a higher time frame to a numeric value higher than 0, no entries execute. If I leave at 0 and back test on a year long data set, over 1,000 entries execute. The dataseries being referenced is 610T CL. Plenty of high single or maybe even double digit slope of the 55 EMA.

&& Slope(EMA(BarsArray[1], 55), 3, 0) > 2

I also tried this method, but got the same results:

double myArray155Slope = Slope(EMA(BarsArray[1],55), 3, 0);

if (myArray155Slope > 2

I'm sure it's something simple. But I'm not having much luck figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks for any help.

Not sure if this "Slope" indicator is a standard NT indicators, but I don't see it in my indicator list :O

Your description tells that the slope value is somewhere between 0 and 2. I don't know how the slope indicator calculate the slope value, but I suspect the slope value is a very small double, e.g. 0.002. Please check it.

Thanks.
Pi

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello kconradbell,

Thank you for your post and welcome to the NinjaTrader Support Forum!

The Slope produces a value between 0 and 1. So value such as 0.5. Please take a look at the information on Slope at the following link: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h.../nt7/slope.htm

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[ninZa]

Ah ha. It's a function, not an indicator. How careless I am when looking at the code.