drawtext

[tonynt]

Hello,

sorry this question maybe but I can´t plot a text like a dot or rectangle above/below a bar (eg like "My dot" + CurrentBar, true, 0, Low[0] - 6 * TickSize, Color.Red), I only can draw it bottom right or center.... as position in the window.

How can I plot a text like a dot right above a bar where a condition is true?

Thanks
Tony

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi Tony,

What is the complete code snippet you are using to try to achieve this?

[tonynt]

Hello,

thanks for your reply. I found your answer in a thread and now I can plot it at the bar. But I tried to find how to change font and size and in your help guide for NT6.5 and NT7 there is always only DrawText("tag1", "Text to draw", 10, 1000, Color.Black);

and there´s no example how to use drawtext when one needs all parameters.

Thanks
Tony

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

You can see here for all the method signatures for DrawText.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/drawtext.htm

Here is an example with the advanced one:

DrawText("my tag", true, "my text", 0, High[0], 0, Color.Blue, new Font ("Arial", 12), StringAlignment.Center, Color.Black, Color.White, 0);

[tonynt]

Thank you for your reply and the example (but in your link to the help guide there is only DrawText("tag1", "Text to draw", 10, 1000, Color.Black); as I copied from there in my thread)

When I do backtesting now to find out which entry refers to which variables and conditions I see that the drawtext is only in my backtesting chart plotted at the last entry where the condition was true but not the entries before. Why?

Thanks
Tony

You can see here for all the method signatures for DrawText.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/drawtext.htm

Here is an example with the advanced one:

DrawText("my tag", true, "my text", 0, High[0], 0, Color.Blue, new Font ("Arial", 12), StringAlignment.Center, Color.Black, Color.White, 0);

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

(but in your link to the help guide there is only DrawText("tag1", "Text to draw", 10, 1000, Color.Black)

The help guide has all available method signatures and 1 example so I included an example of the advanced one for you. You can also use intellisense to show every method signature, and the parameter type expected with each field.

Your draw statements tag is not unique so it will be replaced every time. To allow for unique per bar drawings, add + CurrentBar to the tag.

[tonynt]

Thank you for the information with intellisense - after months with NT I didn´t know this.

The help guide has all available method signatures and 1 example so I included an example of the advanced one for you. You can also use intellisense to show every method signature, and the parameter type expected with each field.

Your draw statements tag is not unique so it will be replaced every time. To allow for unique per bar drawings, add + CurrentBar to the tag.