Indicator window not displaying parameters

[ivb73077]

Hello,

I have added a custome indicator programmatically via my strategy code. The indicator loads and properly appears on the chart. However, when I right-click on the chart and select Indicators, the parameter/settings window is blank. I am therefore unable to modify any parameters.

Attached are two images that display the indicator window with the settings correctly display (named Correct) and the empty window as generated from the strategy's addition of the indicator (named Incorrect).

Can you please advise how I might get the indicator settings to display in the window when I add the indicator via my strategy code?

Thank you.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for the images.

This would be expected because the indicator was added using script, its properties are purposefully removed so that the indicator is sure to match the strategy and the settings the strategy had provided.

If you need to modify the settings, you would need to either change the settings in the strategy where you add the indicator, or do not add the indicator using script and manually add it to the chart.

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[ivb73077]

Your reply is completely logical, however, I am a bit puzzled because I have added indicators via script in numerous other strategies and the indicator window is still always populated.

By virtue of adding the indicator via script, I do not actually need to modify the parameters, but was trying to understand the change in behavior as compared to the many other times I have done this.

Thank you.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for the reply.

You are correct in the sense that some indicators do display items in the properties menu, mainly just Plots when added from a strategy. In this case the selected indicator has nothing that could be configured when added by strategy so it is blank. If instead you added an SMA, you would see a single SMA plot listed.

This could be due to the way that specific indicator is programmed or could be that it does not have any plots. Based on the first image I can not see if this does have any plots or not, I would assume not if they are not being displayed.

Because this item does not have anything that will display when added from strategy, you could utilize Print statements from within the strategy and Print specific indicator values. This may not be the most desirable way to view the changes but would provide more insite than a blank properties grid. Also you could use DrawingObjects with the indicator values in question to get a visual display of the data on the chart of either an object or a text.

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[ivb73077]

Using Prints will work. I was just trying to understand if this behavior was unusual and indicative of a problem with my code.

[ivb73077]

Jesse,

I had one follow-up question that relates to the same indicator, but deals with the actual appearance of the chart. When I load the indicator via my script or manually, I get a very compressed appearance that I cannot view well. This is shown in the attachment named Squished. The way the chart should appear is shown in the attachment named Correct.

I suspect my issue has something to do with bar spacing and/or compression. Can you please suggest some chart parameters that I might consider changing to remedy the appearance of Squished?

Thank you.

Isaac

[ivb73077]

Indicator window not displaying parameters

Sorry - it appears the attachments were not appended to my reply.

Adding....

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for the question.

I would agree with you now that I can see the images, this looks to be a bar spacing/bar size issue related to the indicator. If you need to increase the bar width or spacing to display this correctly this would be due to the way the script is programmed. There is no supported way to adjust the bar spacing and size from script so this is likely just using the chart defaults to start.

For this specifically, if you can I would suggest reaching out to the author of this item to see if they have any other versions that include a fix for the spacing. Otherwise this would be a side effect of this specific indicator.

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[ivb73077]

Thank you.

I had just resent the attachments since they did not append in my prior post. See the post stamped at 9:05 am.

The issue is with the horizontal scaling, not the vertical. There is no "F" in the upper right corner and I have set AutoScale to both true and false, yet the issue persists. I have read the indicator code thoroughly and the chart properties are not being modified internally.

If I drag the horizontal scroll bar to the left, the issue improves. I just am not sure which setting this is modifying and would like to know how to do this programmatically.

Thank you.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

I had edited my prior post to reflect the added images.

Regarding doing anything about this programatically, I don't believe there is anything that can be done on this item. Basically the way the author has created this is causing the X axis to change the way it does. To correct this the item would need to be re programmed in a way that does not cause this. I am unsure what code is being used that would control the X axis as there are no supported methods to compress the chart as you have pictured.

For this if you can I would recommend contacting the developer to see if they can correct this or at least know why this happens, otherwise there's not really anything that could be done to correct it other than manually correcting the chart back to how it was.

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[koganam]

Sorry - it appears the attachments were not appended to my reply.

Adding....

Increase the barWidth.

[ivb73077]

Thanks. Will give that a shot.

[ivb73077]

The combination of BarSpacing and BarWidth fixed the problem.

Thanks.

[ivb73077]

Increase the barWidth.

Please take a look at the attached chart. Per koganam's suggestion, almost everything is working perfectly. However, note that the 13:03 bar (which is the one currently forming) does not display the footprint data as do all other bars.

Is there some setting (perhaps a margin) that is causing the current/live bar to truncate?

Thank you.

[koganam]

Please take a look at the attached chart. Per koganam's suggestion, almost everything is working perfectly. However, note that the 13:03 bar (which is the one currently forming) does not display the footprint data as do all other bars.

Is there some setting (perhaps a margin) that is causing the current/live bar to truncate?

Thank you.

What is your CalculateOnBarClose setting?