Panel drawing selection from Strategy

[saltminer]

Hi,
I remember reading somewhere there is a command to stipulate which panel (price or an indicator) is drawn on from a Strategy.
Unfortunately I can't find it again, so I'd appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction.
For instance, how to control which panel DrawDot() draws on.
Oh, and is it adjustable throughout, or is it a "set once" instruction within the Initialise() ?
Thanks!
saltminer

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,


It depends on what you are trying to do:

If you are using draw objects within an indicator use DrawOnPricePanel:

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/DrawPriceOnPanel.html

I believe you can adjust it throughout, but have never tried it. Give it a shot.

If you are adding an indicator to a strategy, you can change the panel using this link:

http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3228

Here is an example using VOLMA:

VOLMA(20).Panel = 2;
Add(VOLMA(20));

[saltminer]

Thanks for your reply. However I am discussing drawing from a STRATEGY.

DrawOnPricePanel is not valid within a Strategy. (doesn't exist)

What I'd like to do is to control on which panel Draw instructions such as
DrawDot()
DrawLine()
DrawDiamond()
and so on get drawn on from within a Strategy. Is this possible?

Thanks,
saltminer

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,

All draw objects from strategies are drawn on the price chart. Drawing on the lower panels is not supported in Strategies.

You can draw the objects on the lower panels if you do it from an indicator.

[cunparis]

I am disappointed to find out that this is not possible. I hope it will be considered for a future release.

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,

I will send your request in to our development department for consideration.

[ctrlbrk]

I am in need of this now as well, and after searching I find it is not supported.

Why when I add a strategy can I not control which panel it outputs to?

Why can I not force it into a certain panel, like with an indicator?

Will this be added in NT7?

Thx,
Mike

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

I don't believe it will be added to NT7. You could try the StrategyPlot indicator (search the forum on this) and then set the panel number for this indicator. I am not sure if this will work, but its the only workaround that I could think up.

StrategyPlotIndicator().Panel = yourPanel;

Pseudo code above is a conceptual example.

[ctrlbrk]

Ray,

Thank you for this. I will be trying it and hope it works!

Mike

[byi777]

I have the same question, but two years later.

Maybe this issue was resolved in NT7 - I would like to choose any panel(2,3...) when using Drawing Methods(DrawLine, DrawRay, etc) in STRATEGY.


Thanks
YB

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

byi777, nothing has changed for NT7 with regards to price panel drawing.

[byi777]

I've built few Plots from Strategy on Panels 2,3,...

How I could add Zero Line Axis from Strategy?
Should I just create additional Plot with Value=0 or there is some replacement in Strategy programming tools for Indicator's Method Line (similar to
Add(new Line(Color.FromKnownColor(KnownColor.DarkOliveGree n), 0, "ZeroLine")).


Thanks
YB

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

byi777,

Unfortunately you cannot create lines and plots like that from a strategy. If you wanted to draw on Panel 1, you could do something like DrawHorizontalLine(). But if you wanted something in panel 2 or 3 you would instead want to add that code to the indicators directly.