Tick Counter Indicator

[hoozifachi]

Is there a way to display time/ticks remaining in bar.

Thanks,
Jason

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

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If you have some programming skill, you can create an indicator to do this using NinjaScript.

Ray

[hoozifachi]

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I can probably do that. Is there a class that has the info I need or do I need to keep track of time/ticks in OnBarUpdate()?

Thanks,

Jason

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

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You need to create a variable outside of the OnBarUpdate() method and increment it in the OnBarUpdate() method.

Maybe something like:

// Variables
private int tickCount = 0;
private int activeBar = 0;

OnBarUpdate()
{
if (CurrentBar != activeBar)
{
activeBar = CurrentBar;
tickCount = 0;
}

tickCount++;

Plot0.Set(tickCount);
}

[hoozifachi]

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That's what I thought, but OnBarUpdate() does not seem to be called for every tick.

I have this:
protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
if (CurrentBar != currentBarHold) {
Print("Bar Close: " + ticks);
currentBarHold = CurrentBar;
ticks = 0;
}
ticks++;
}

Using the simulated data feed with 133 tick interval produces:
Bar Close: 54
Bar Close: 71
Bar Close: 70
Bar Close: 76
Bar Close: 72
Bar Close: 67
Bar Close: 53

I had similar results with IB data feed as well.

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

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We are looking into it and will get back to you tomorrow. Our head of development is out today.

Ray

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

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Just an update:

I did confirm that tick bars are being built correctly so the issue for sure in the firing of the OnBarUpdate() method. This will be investigated tomorrow.

Ray

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

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Here is the deal:

Chart visualization is optimized and we filter out ticks that would not impact a visual change to the chart. We have some connectivity providers that send a lot of ticks and without this optimization NT would be extremely CPU intensive.

What can be done?

We can expose a TickCount property that you could access? You could then implement an indicator that custom draws the tick count. See the attached indicator and the Plot() method to custom draw a string.

[hoozifachi]

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Thanks! Do you have any idea when TickCount might be implemented. I could work on the indicator, but it might take a while. Not a lot of spare time these days.

By the way, I am really impressed with NinjaTrader and your prompt responses.

Thanks,
Jason

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

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You can use the one I created that is attached to this post. You will have to upgrade to 5.1.1000.2 which can be downloaded from the link below. This version is not yet published on our website.

www.ninjatrader-support.com/ninjatrader/nt5/NinjaTrader.Install.new.msi

[hoozifachi]

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That works great!

I made a couple enhancements to TickCounter:

The user can choose for it to count up or down.
The text will change colors in the last 20% of the bar.
The user can select the two text colors.

If I have time this weekend, I'll see if I can make it work for minute charts as well.

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

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Cool, looks good.

[hoozifachi]

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I added seconds count for minute charts.

Is there a way to put a panel to the right of the chart with price, time left in bar, etc?
Like what you see in many Woodies CCI charts?

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

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Cool.

There is no way to custom draw in the margins.

Ray

[Antraman]

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I just downloaded Tick Counter and tried to install it and got the follwing error message:

NinjaTrader Data Bars does not contain a definition for TickCount.

There is no Tick Counter indicator in my charts when I open one. I have had no problem with installing the other custom indicators.

cheers,

Antramam


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