Entry and Exit arrows after a trade has been executed

[Christopher Leggit]

Is it possible to increase the size of the arrows that show the executions of a trade once it has been executed I need to decrease
my screen resolution to see them and then increase the resolution in settings to see the whole chart properly again it's rather annoying.
If it is possible where could I find the script in ninjascript editor to do this?
or could ninjatrader increase the number in the code, even maybe add a parameter for this in the data series, we can adjust the colour
of the arrows but not the size.

Thank you in advance

Christopher

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello Christopher Leggit,

Thanks for your post.

Executions markers are not Drawing Objects, so we could not edit a DrawingTool to modify the size of Execution Markers. This is some thing we have received feedback on, and I have added a vote to our feature request on your behalf. The ticket ID is SFT-2174. This is an internal number, but for anyone else wishing to have their interest tracked, please let our support staff know that you would like a vote added for this request.

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Something that you could consider in the meantime would be to create an indicator that loops through an account's Executions collection, and then draws a marker of your own at the desired bar. You could use Execution.Price to place the marker at your desired price, and CurrentBar - Bars.GetBar(Execution.Time) to be able to get a BarsAgo index to plot that marker. (Note that this would only work for daily executions that would be seen in the Control Center. reading all executions requires reading the database file, which is unsupported.)

Account object - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ount_class.htm

Account.Executions - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...executions.htm

Execution - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help.../execution.htm

My colleague Paul has a customized version of ChartMarkers so you could draw markers with larger size.

Chart Markers Plus (publicly available) - https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/use...rtmarkersplus/

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We look forward to assiting.

[Zigfried]

Christopher

Here is some simple code that draws lines where my order, PT and SL are placed (I am using managed orders). See the attached pic. Adjust the line thickness, color and type to suit your display. This is also helpful to see unfilled orders. Property Prop000002StrategyOptimize is toggled to suppress these lines for optimization performance.

#region Entry/PTSL Price Plots

// Entry Price, Stop Loss and Profit Target Y coordinate variables are set in OnOrderUpdate when a long or short order is submitted (thus this code will show the lines even when the order is unfilled)
// The Stop Loss and Profit Target Y coordinates are again set below to ensure that the coordinates are updated if the Stop Loss and/or Profit Target is subsequently adjusted
// Also in OnOrderUpdate, OrderLBar/OrderSBar (for the X coordinate calculation) is set to CurrentBar when the long or short order is submitted

if (Prop000002StrategyOptimize.Equals(CustomEnumNamespace.StrategyOptimize.No))
{

// Set the PT/SL Y coordinates ([U]similar[/U] code is needed in OnOrderUpdate to set the coordinates before the StopLossOrder and ProfitTargetOrder objects exist)

if (StopLossOrder != null)
{
OrderLSLCoord = StopLossOrder.StopPrice;
OrderSPTCoord = StopLossOrder.StopPrice;
}
if (ProfitTargetOrder != null)
{
OrderLPTCoord = ProfitTargetOrder.LimitPrice;
OrderSSLCoord = ProfitTargetOrder.LimitPrice;
}

// Prevent the Entry line from overwriting Stop Loss or Profit Target lines in case either is subsequently adjusted to the breakeven (TrigEntry) price

if (OrderLSLCoord == TrigEntry || OrderSPTCoord == TrigEntry || OrderLPTCoord == TrigEntry || OrderSSLCoord == TrigEntry)
OrderPlotHide = true;
else
OrderPlotHide = false;

// Draw the Lines

if (OrderL != null)
{
Draw.Line(this, "LPT-"+CurrentBar, true, CurrentBar - OrderLBar, OrderLPTCoord, 0, OrderLPTCoord, Brushes.Green, DashStyleHelper.Solid, 3);
Draw.Line(this, "LSL-"+CurrentBar, true, CurrentBar - OrderLBar, OrderLSLCoord, 0, OrderLSLCoord, Brushes.Green, DashStyleHelper.Solid, 3);
Draw.Line(this, "LENTRY-"+CurrentBar, true, CurrentBar - OrderLBar, TrigEntry, 0, TrigEntry, (!OrderPlotHide ? Brushes.Orange : Brushes.Transparent), DashStyleHelper.Dash, 3);
}

if (OrderS != null)
{
Draw.Line(this, "SPT-"+CurrentBar, true, CurrentBar - OrderSBar, OrderSSLCoord, 0, OrderSSLCoord, Brushes.Red, DashStyleHelper.Solid, 3);
Draw.Line(this, "SSL-"+CurrentBar, true, CurrentBar - OrderSBar, OrderSPTCoord, 0, OrderSPTCoord, Brushes.Red, DashStyleHelper.Solid, 3);
Draw.Line(this, "SENTRY-"+CurrentBar, true, CurrentBar - OrderSBar, TrigEntry, 0, TrigEntry, (!OrderPlotHide ? Brushes.Orange : Brushes.Transparent), DashStyleHelper.Dash, 3);
}

}

#endregion

Hope this can help you.
Cheers!

[AceHorse]

Hi Zigfried! Thank you for providing the simple code for drawing the execution lines. I am not savvy in coding so would you be able to provide me the whole script that I can import into NT8? Thank you again!

[Zigfried]

Hi Zigfried! Thank you for providing the simple code for drawing the execution lines. I am not savvy in coding so would you be able to provide me the whole script that I can import into NT8? Thank you again!

Hello AceHorse. This code was copied from my own 9000+ line custom control strategy. Sorry but it is not suitable to be made into a standalone script. It must be integrated into your own custom strategy considering whatever Order Management techniques you have chosen to use in your code.