Visual of embedded indicator

[dom993]

Hi there,

I am sure this is dumb question, sorry about it, anyway ...

... inside one of my indicators, I am using other indicators, and I want these to automatically show-up & display on the chart (like in a strategy, when using Add(indicator) in the Initialize() method) .

How do I do that?

Thanks in advance,
Dominique

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello Dominique,
You cannot use the Add() method to add another indicator in an indicator. The Add overload to add an indicator is for the strategy only.

[dom993]

Joydeep,

Thank you so much ... of course, I know I cannot use Add( indicator ) inside an indicator, hence my original question : how do I get embedded indicators to automatically show-up & display on the chart ?

(without re-plotting them, which would be a waste of memory & cpu utilization)

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello Dominique,
Unfortunately you cant unless replotting them (which you are trying to avoid).

[dom993]

OK, so here is an interesting follow-up question ...

... one of the embedded indicators would display on the price panel, another embedded indicator would display in a separate indicator panel ... how do I get different plots of my "global" indicator to plot on different panels?

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello Dominique,
Two or more plots of an indicator can be plotted in one panel only. You cannot set one plot in panel 1 and another on panel 2 from the same indicator.

You can however set the plot on one panel and a draw object on the price panel.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?drawonpricepanel.htm

[dom993]

Unless there is a Draw function that will draw a DataSeries using an indicator PlotStyle, your suggestion doesn't do me any good.