DrawLine -- Please Keep It Simple as I am Stupid

[sarasotavince]

I have looked at several examples and find myself more and more confused. I am trying to understand the DrawLine function and I want to start with a simple idea like this: Draw a line 10 ticks above the close of the current bar and do this for every bar. Please do not point me to NT help on DrawLine. The example below

// Draws a dotted lime green line from 10 bars back to the current bar
// with a width of 2 pixels
DrawLine("tag1", false, 10, 1000, 0, 1001, Color.LimeGreen, DashStyle.Dot, 2);

did nothing for me. Question the 1000 and 1001 above represent 10:00am and 10:01am; if so, I do not want my lines to be limited by time of day...I want them to draw a hash marks, not as a plot line (which I do understand somewhat). I tried changing false to true on the auto scale, deleting the 1000, 1001 thinking they were time references and the error came back that I did not have enough conditions to make the code work.

I know it's basic but I am stuck and frustrated. Any help or examples/modifications are appreciated.

[koganam]

I have looked at several examples and find myself more and more confused. I am trying to understand the DrawLine function and I want to start with a simple idea like this: Draw a line 10 ticks above the close of the current bar and do this for every bar. Please do not point me to NT help on DrawLine. The example below

// Draws a dotted lime green line from 10 bars back to the current bar
// with a width of 2 pixels
DrawLine("tag1", false, 10, 1000, 0, 1001, Color.LimeGreen, DashStyle.Dot, 2);

did nothing for me. Question the 1000 and 1001 above represent 10:00am and 10:01am; if so, I do not want my lines to be limited by time of day...I want them to draw a hash marks, not as a plot line (which I do understand somewhat). I tried changing false to true on the auto scale, deleting the 1000, 1001 thinking they were time references and the error came back that I did not have enough conditions to make the code work.

I know it's basic but I am stuck and frustrated. Any help or examples/modifications are appreciated.

DrawLine("tag1"+CurrentBar.ToString(), false, 1, Close[0]+TickSize*10, -1, Close[0]+TickSize*10, Color.LimeGreen, DashStyle.Solid, 2);

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello sarasotavince,

Thank you for your post.

Koganam's example provides drawing the line 1 bar back and one bar ahead, 10 ticks above the current price (or last close). This syntax would be viewed as the following: DrawLine(string tag, int startBarsAgo, double startY, int endBarsAgo, double endY, Color color)

The syntax above is viewed in the Help Guide section for DrawLine(), I recommend taking a look at the syntax available for the methods and properties you wish to use as they can be multiples.

The use of CurrentBar ensures that this is drawn on each bar and does not remove the previous DrawLine() in the process.

For information on CurrentBar please visit the following link: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...currentbar.htm

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

[sarasotavince]

Thanks koganam,

Now that I actually have lines on my chart and I experiment. I will also need to investigate the toString() piece...that is new to me also.