{"id":859,"date":"2017-10-27T18:58:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T17:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/?p=859"},"modified":"2022-04-15T10:14:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T09:14:11","slug":"percentage-changed-indicator-really-its-not-as-boring-as-it-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/2017\/10\/percentage-changed-indicator-really-its-not-as-boring-as-it-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Percentage changed indicator (really &#8211; It&#8217;s not as boring as it sounds!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>pjsPercentChanged- A percentage changed indicator for Ninjatrader 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OK &#8211; It&#8217;s Friday, it&#8217;s Beer O&#8217;clock, and that can only mean one thing. A free indicator for you \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 \u00a0OK, I actually wanted this.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve wanted it for a while and just never got around to creating it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I wanted&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A way to compare multiple different instruments with different prices\/volatility from the same starting point. For example, add YM, ES, and NQ to the same chart, and see if they are all behaving, relative to each other&#8230;\u00a0 With stock NT, you cannot do this.\u00a0 So, here is my (rather simple) solution.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_861\" style=\"width: 654px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-27-18_03_03-Chart-ES-12-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-861\" data-attachment-id=\"861\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/2017\/10\/percentage-changed-indicator-really-its-not-as-boring-as-it-sounds\/2017-10-27-18_03_03-chart-es-12-17\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-27-18_03_03-Chart-ES-12-17.png\" data-orig-size=\"644,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2017-10-27 18_03_03-Chart &amp;#8211; ES 12-17\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;ES, NQ, RTY, relative movement&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-27-18_03_03-Chart-ES-12-17.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-861\" src=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-27-18_03_03-Chart-ES-12-17.png\" alt=\"ES, NQ, RTY, relative movement\" width=\"644\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-27-18_03_03-Chart-ES-12-17.png 644w, https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-27-18_03_03-Chart-ES-12-17-600x447.png 600w, https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-27-18_03_03-Chart-ES-12-17-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ES, NQ, RTY, relative movement, over 3 days. NQ exploding after Alphabet and Amazon results&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a smaller version I use on my dashboard<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-27-19_42_31-Chart-RTY-12-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"869\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/2017\/10\/percentage-changed-indicator-really-its-not-as-boring-as-it-sounds\/2017-10-27-19_42_31-chart-rty-12-17\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-27-19_42_31-Chart-RTY-12-17.png\" data-orig-size=\"536,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dashboard, NQ, ES, ZB, RTY\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-27-19_42_31-Chart-RTY-12-17.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-869 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-27-19_42_31-Chart-RTY-12-17-300x269.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-27-19_42_31-Chart-RTY-12-17-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-27-19_42_31-Chart-RTY-12-17.png 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now you see why it might be useful?\u00a0 Needs a little explaining to set this up, so best done in the video. Once you&#8217;ve downloaded and imported the indicator, as usual, watch this if you want to replicate something like the above.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Simple percentage changed indicator for Ninjatrader 8\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mn4KDM2pS7c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s not shown in the video or some of the images, I added the feature to put the instrument names in the price tags, so as long as you set the scale to the left one, per the video, each series will be labelled with the instrument name and colour so you can easily tell which is which.<\/p>\n<p>So there you go.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Have any ideas? Let me know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p>You might like to take a look at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/tag\/NinjaTrader\/\">some of my other Ninjatrader bits and pieces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ninjatrader 8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Licensing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This tool is a freebie. Feel free to download it for your own personal use. Please be sure to check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/tag\/NinjaTrader\/\">some of my other Ninjatrader bits and pieces<\/a>. If you wish to donate, please feel free to contribute towards further development. Remember, I\u2019ve got to eat and keep the lights on too! Maybe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/pjsmith\">buy me a coffee<\/a>. Thanks for your support!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2020.14.04 &#8211; New download posted with latest version<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sdm_download_button_box_default\"><div class=\"sdm_download_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/?sdm_process_download=1&download_id=2299\" class=\"sdm_download green\" title=\"PJSPercentageChanged\" >Download Now!<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>As usual, let me know below if any issues and I will try to resolve them, time permitting.<\/p>\n<p>If you download it, and like it, please do me a favour and give it a little like the above so I know. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact me<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Email me via the web site if you want to get in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>pjsPercentChanged- A percentage changed indicator for Ninjatrader 8 OK &#8211; It&#8217;s Friday, it&#8217;s Beer O&#8217;clock, and that can only mean one thing. A free indicator for you \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 \u00a0OK, I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,57],"tags":[44],"class_list":{"0":"post-859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tech","7":"category-trading","8":"tag-ninjatrader"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}