Indicator writing to own panel and price panel

[cherriman]

Hi Guys,

I had a search but couldn't find what I was looking for. Basically, I want to be able to program an indicator to draw on its own panel and on the price panel from time to time.

Is this possible, please ?

Thanks,
Eric

[NinjaTrader_Josh]

Unfortunately not. You can have the indicator plot on its own panel and use Draw() on the price panel though. But you can't have Draw() on both.

[RandyT]

Originally Posted by NinjaTrader_Josh

Unfortunately not. You can have the indicator plot on its own panel and use Draw() on the price panel though. But you can't have Draw() on both.

Can I get a bit of clarification on this? I am debugging a problem where my indicator is not updating. The only way to keep it current is to set to "updatebaronclose". I am however drawing both the indicator plots AND calling DrawArrowDown, to draw on the price panel. I am confused about whether that is possible and secondly, if this could be causing the problems I am having with the plot not updating.

[cls71]

Hello,
it's possible. In this figure, I plot an indicator and draw lines (divergences) in Price's panel & Indicator's panel, by programming (I use the DrawLine instruction combined with DrawOnPricePanel).

Greetings.

[atangram]

Hey cls71,

I would love to see this code if possible. This is exactly what I am attempting to do but without any success. Could you post it or send it to me please?

Thanks

[anachronist]

That divergence code is likely to be more complicated than you need. The concept is simple:

DrawOnPricePanel = false;
DrawLine(....); // this draws a line on the indicator panel

DrawOnPricePanel = true;
DrawLine(....); // this draws a line on the price panel

DrawOnPricePanel is initialized in the Initialize() method, and this controls where your indicator will plot. Once that is set, you can no longer change where the indicator will plot.

However, you can subsequently reset DrawOnPricePanel. Doing so will only change where the drawing tools will plot, like DrawLine, DrawVerticalLine, DrawEllipse, etc. It won't change where the indicator itself will plot.

-Alex

[atangram]

Thanks Alex, I will give that a try. Makes sense now that I see it written down!

All the best...
Tom