How to use Performance function in an indicator?

[zacharydw00]

Is there a way or work around to use the Performance function in an indicator. I want to be able to plot the daily points accumulated for the charts instrument.
I'm getting error code 103 - The name 'Performance' does not exist in the current context
Here's my code:

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
if (Bars.SessionBreak)
{
priorTradesCumProfit = Performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Points.Cum Profit;
}
double dailyPoints = Performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Points.Cum Profit - priorTradesCumProfit;

// PLOTTING
if (dailyPoints >= 0)
{
Profit.Set(dailyPoints); //[0]
Loss.Set(0); //[1]
}
else
{
Profit.Set(0); //[0]
Loss.Set(dailyPoints); //[1]
}
} // END OnBarUpdate

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello Zacharydw00,

Performance is only available within a strategy. However you can add plots within a strategy. See here for the reference sample on plotting from within a Strategy.

[TakisTakis]

Really neat stuff.

Does anyone know how to plot during backtesting ? I mean plotting strategy variables.

I know that the alternative is to use some .NET (I hate that dot before NET, never figured out why is there ... ) library but I was hoping that NT7 could do that with some other way.

Thanks in advance !

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

TakisTakis, please see the reference sample for plotting within a strategy.

Actually, I just noticed this is for real-time only, sorry.

[zacharydw00]

Here's a code snippet from the purple indicator shown in the screen shot below.

if ( BarNumSwHiAP0 < BarNumSwLo[0] //Need Sw Low occurs after Sw High
&& Indicator[2] < Ind1 && Ind1 > Indicator[0]) //Need Ind 1 bar high
{

if (IndSwHiAP0 > Ind1) DrawText("Txt"+CurrentBar,true,Math.Round((Ind1/IndSwHiAP0)*100,4).ToString(),1,Ind1+(TickSize*MDF),Color.Black,textFont,StringAlignment.Near,Color.T ransparent,Color.Transparent,0);
if (IndSwHiAP0*deltaInd >= Ind1 && PriceSwHiAP0+deltaPrice <= C1) //Checks Ind up & Price down (Divergence) 1 Hi back
{

int BarAgo0 = CurrentBar-BarNumSwHiAP0;
DrawLine("PHline1"+CurrentBar.ToString(), BarAgo0, PriceSwHiAP0+(TickSize*MDF), 1, C1+(TickSize*MDF), DLC, DSD, DLW);
DrawLine("IHline1"+CurrentBar.ToString(), BarAgo0, IndSwHiAP0+(TickSize*MDF), 1, Ind1+(TickSize*MDF), DLC, DSD, DLW);
if (activatealertsound) PlaySound(shortwavfilename);

}
if ( IndSwHiAP1 > IndSwHiAP0
&& IndSwHiAP1*deltaInd >= Ind1 && PriceSwHiAP1+deltaPrice <= C1) //Checks Divergence 2nd Sw Hi back
{

int BarAgo1 = CurrentBar-BarNumSwHiAP1;
DrawLine("PHline2"+CurrentBar.ToString(), BarAgo1, PriceSwHiAP1+(TickSize*MDF), 1, C1+(TickSize*MDF), DLC, DSD, DLW);
DrawLine("IHline2"+CurrentBar.ToString(), BarAgo1, IndSwHiAP1+(TickSize*MDF), 1, Ind1+(TickSize*MDF), DLC, DSD, DLW);
DrawArrowDown("ArrDn"+CurrentBar, true, 0, Ind1+TickSize+(TickSize*MDF),Color.GreenYellow);
if (activatealertsound) PlaySound(shortwavfilename);

}

}

Put this in the variables section;
private Font textFont = new Font("Arial", 10);

The command of interest is DrawText. Replace the bold text with your variable, and the italic text with a variable correlated to the Y axis(ie Low[0] or High[0]). I used the indicator's value.

Please don't ask me to explain the extra code. I included it to put the DrawText command in context with the image I posted. The numbers next to the purple dotted line is drawn from this code when the if conditions are met.

[TakisTakis]

Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it!