position shapes

[tonynt]

Hello,

I want to ask please as I couldn´t find in the helpguide how do to eg drawdot not at a current bar but to have it at the right margin of chart (eg when I do drawhorizontalline this is plotted from the left to the right margin of chart). To keep the chart clean I want to draw a dot at the right margin of the window and not with the bars.

Thanks
Tony

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello Tony,
Unfortunately you cannot draw a dot on the margin using the DrawDot method.

As an alternative you can draw a custom shape in the Plot override using the graphic object.

public override void Plot(Graphics graphics, Rectangle bounds, double min, double max)
{
	graphics.DrawEllipse(....);
}

Unfortunately the Plot override is not supported by us, however you can take reference from the CustomPlotSample indicator that comes with NinjaTrader.

[koganam]

Hello,

I want to ask please as I couldn´t find in the helpguide how do to eg drawdot not at a current bar but to have it at the right margin of chart (eg when I do drawhorizontalline this is plotted from the left to the right margin of chart). To keep the chart clean I want to draw a dot at the right margin of the window and not with the bars.

Thanks
Tony

Officially not supported, but you can use a negative offset for the dot "x" position.

[tonynt]

koganam,

thank you very much for your reply. Dont want to bother you but could you shortly show me how you would do this?

Thanks in advance.

Best
Tony

Officially not supported, but you can use a negative offset for the dot "x" position.

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello Tony,
You can use this code

this.DrawDot("dot", false,[B] -5[/B], Close[0], Color.Blue);

@koganam, thanks for your input.

[tonynt]

Thank you both for your ideas!

But there appears the error-message "No overload for method DrawDot takes 6 arguments

Hello Tony,
You can use this code

this.DrawDot("dot", false,[B] -5[/B], Close[0], Color.Blue);

@koganam, thanks for your input.

[tonynt]

Hello,

or is it possible to draw at CurrentAsk-Price a line starting from right margin with a certain size to the left? Eg with size of RightSizeMargin?

Thanks
Tony

Hello Tony,
Unfortunately you cannot draw a dot on the margin using the DrawDot method.

As an alternative you can draw a custom shape in the Plot override using the graphic object.

public override void Plot(Graphics graphics, Rectangle bounds, double min, double max)
{
    graphics.DrawEllipse(....);
}

Unfortunately the Plot override is not supported by us, however you can take reference from the CustomPlotSample indicator that comes with NinjaTrader.

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello Tony,
To assist you further may I know what code you have used to draw the dot?

Yes, you can append a line too on the right side of the margin. Please try the below code to do it

this.DrawLine("line", false, 0, this.GetCurrentAsk(), -5, this.GetCurrentAsk(), Color.Blue, DashStyle.Solid, 2);

[tonynt]

Hi,

thanks for your reply. Maybe there is a misunderstanding. I try again:

With "Drawxxx............. there should be a horizontalline at currentprice BUT fixed on right sid margin and with a certain size (eg same size/length as righsidemargin, so that line starts on right margin and ends always on most recent bar - at fixed price, eg entry price)

(Why is in your code 2 times ask?)

Thanks
Tony

Hello Tony,
To assist you further may I know what code you have used to draw the dot?

Yes, you can append a line too on the right side of the margin. Please try the below code to do it

this.DrawLine("line", false, 0, this.GetCurrentAsk(), -5, this.GetCurrentAsk(), Color.Blue, DashStyle.Solid, 2);

[koganam]

Hi,

thanks for your reply. Maybe there is a misunderstanding. I try again:

With "Drawxxx............. there should be a horizontalline at currentprice BUT fixed on right sid margin and with a certain size (eg same size/length as righsidemargin, so that line starts on right margin and ends always on most recent bar - at fixed price, eg entry price)

(Why is in your code 2 times ask?)

Thanks
Tony

private bool MktPosFlat = true;
private double entryPrice = 0.00;

if (ConditionsToEnter && MktPosFlat) 
{
entryPrice = GetCurrentAsk();
MktPosFlat = false;
}
this.DrawLine("line", false, 0, entryPrice, -5, entryPrice, Color.Blue, DashStyle.Solid, 2);

IOW, you just have to record the entryPrice and then use it in your drawing.

[tonynt]

Hello koganam,

I want to thank you for your help. If I can share the idea if you´re interested, this way I dont need anymore another chart with chart-trader "to make visible" the trade with entry, stops and targets. Now I have these lines in the same chart as my strategies and the lines are not filling up the chart but are seperate at the right margin and are nicely to view.

(It works with DrawLine "X" and eg if flat{Remove DrawObject "X")} but what I do not understand is why the line is not removed when I do with "X" +CurrentBar and then eg if flat({Remove DrawObject("X2 +CurrentBar)}. The lines remain on the chart with CurrentBar.

Thanks again!

Best regards
Tony

[koganam]

Hello koganam,

I want to thank you for your help. If I can share the idea if you´re interested, this way I dont need anymore another chart with chart-trader "to make visible" the trade with entry, stops and targets. Now I have these lines in the same chart as my strategies and the lines are not filling up the chart but are seperate at the right margin and are nicely to view.

(It works with DrawLine "X" and eg if flat{Remove DrawObject "X")} but what I do not understand is why the line is not removed when I do with "X" +CurrentBar and then eg if flat({Remove DrawObject("X2 +CurrentBar)}. The lines remain on the chart with CurrentBar.

Thanks again!

Best regards
Tony

I believe that I have already explained that as CurrentBar is not a fixed value, you can use it to create unique tags. Therefore, the tag that includes CurrentBar as part of its definition is different on every bar. so if you call it by that tag at the time that you want to delete an object, it CANNOT be the correct tag, unless you are on the same exact bar on which you drew the object, a most unlikely scenario from what you describe as your scenario. "X" is "X", is always "X": CurrentBar on bar 1 is 1 and on bar n, it is n, so it is a different value.

[tonynt]

Thank you!

I believe that I have already explained that as CurrentBar is not a fixed value, you can use it to create unique tags. Therefore, the tag that includes CurrentBar as part of its definition is different on every bar. so if you call it by that tag at the time that you want to delete an object, it CANNOT be the correct tag, unless you are on the same exact bar on which you drew the object, a most unlikely scenario from what you describe as your scenario. "X" is "X", is always "X": CurrentBar on bar 1 is 1 and on bar n, it is n, so it is a different value.

[koganam]

Thank you!

Now that we have gone through all that, where I answered the exact question that you asked, seeing as how your question evinced an obvious desire to understand and solve the problem, rather than just get a cut-and-dried answer, I have a question for you.

If you want the line drawn to the right margin, why are you not using DrawRay(), which draws to the margin by design?

[koganam]

Hello koganam,

I want to thank you for your help. If I can share the idea if you´re interested, this way I dont need anymore another chart with chart-trader "to make visible" the trade with entry, stops and targets. Now I have these lines in the same chart as my strategies and the lines are not filling up the chart but are seperate at the right margin and are nicely to view.
...

Thanks for the offer, but part of the reason why I knew the answer so quickly is that I use the idea myself in the Heiken-Ashi Smoothed indicator that I shared in the forum, albeit I am using the actual closing price of the candle, so that it is displayed separately from the Heiken-Ashi candle.

That code is open, so you may care to take a look?

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=4&id=358