Alerts and Tick Count

[scrumbeans]

I was hoping to set up a simple Alert that sends a sound when the Tick Count reaches a value of 1900 on a 2000 tick chart.

However, when you look at the Indicators available in the Alert panel, the Tick Count does not appear. So, I'm trying to find out if this is by design, or should the Tick Count be available through Alerts?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello scrumbeans,

The Alerts window is able to use plots that are set by indicators. The bar timer and tick counter indicators do not use plots. These type of indicators that do not use plots cannot be used in the Alerts window, or in the Strategy Builder.

For something like this, you would need to custom code an indicator that counts ticks and triggers the alert, or sets the tick count to an indicator plot so this can be read from the Alerts window.

Please let know if you would like further information about custom coding a NinjaScript Indicator.

[kuokzhiqiang]

Hi NT team!
I am currently trying to do what's discussed in this thread. Could you guide me on how to set up custom code to get an alert each time my Tick counter reaches value 0? Thank you!

Zack

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello kuokzhiqiang,

Thank you for your post.

You'll need to set up custom code for a tick counter. You can take a look at the code for the built in TickCounter indicator in the platform if you would like sample code of a tick counter. There is also a tick counter indicator in the user app share:

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/user-app-share-download/tickcounterenhanced/

When your tick counter reaches 0, you can use Alert() in your script to trigger an alert.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpguides/nt8/alert.htm

I also suggest taking a look at this article that goes over getting started with NinjaScript:

https://support.ninjatrader.com/s/article/Developer-Guide-Getting-Started-with-NinjaScript

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