Strategy Not plotting

[traderhawk]

Hello,

I created a strategy using the strategy builder..it compiled ok..

But it won't plot on the charts... ( i did enable strategy for the chart it's on in the control center))

It's just a simple one for me to test the functionality... I have another strategy I'm using and it's working fine.

All it does it puts an up arrow when the 7 EMA is higher than the 14 EMA..


Now I don't use this strategy to plot the EMA just to mark the above condition with upArrow.


I use the default EMA to plot the EMA's on chart...

Here is the code that the builder produced..

public class EMAPlotTest : Strategy
{
private EMA EMA1;
private EMA EMA2;

protected override void OnStateChange()
{
if (State == State.SetDefaults)
{
Description = @"Enter the description for your new custom Strategy here.";
Name = "EMAPlotTest";
Calculate = Calculate.OnBarClose;
EntriesPerDirection = 1;
EntryHandling = EntryHandling.AllEntries;
IsExitOnSessionCloseStrategy = true;
ExitOnSessionCloseSeconds = 30;
IsFillLimitOnTouch = false;
MaximumBarsLookBack = MaximumBarsLookBack.TwoHundredFiftySix;
OrderFillResolution = OrderFillResolution.Standard;
Slippage = 0;
StartBehavior = StartBehavior.WaitUntilFlat;
TimeInForce = TimeInForce.Gtc;
TraceOrders = false;
RealtimeErrorHandling = RealtimeErrorHandling.StopCancelClose;
StopTargetHandling = StopTargetHandling.PerEntryExecution;
BarsRequiredToTrade = 20;
// Disable this property for performance gains in Strategy Analyzer optimizations
// See the Help Guide for additional information
IsInstantiatedOnEachOptimizationIteration = true;
}
else if (State == State.Configure)
{
}
else if (State == State.DataLoaded)
{
EMA1 = EMA(Close, 7);
EMA2 = EMA(Close, 14);
}
}

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
if (BarsInProgress != 0)
return;

if (CurrentBars[0] < 0)
return;

// Set 1
if (EMA1[0] > EMA2[0])
{
Draw.ArrowUp(this, @"EMAPlotTest Arrow up_1", false, 0, 0, Brushes.Lime);
}

}
}

I'm not sure on the reason why it won't plot? did the builder generate the wrong condition code? EMA1[0] > EMA2[0]


Thanks
Traderhawk

[s.kinra]

Hello traderhawk,
I believe its drawing the arrows but you're unable to see it on chart, so go to Drawing Objects & you can find the arrow. The issue here is that it will be drawn at 0 price level so it might not be visible as you've also set auto scale as false. You can change the double price and / or auto scale.
Hope it helps!

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello traderhawk,

Thanks for your post.

In addition to s.kinra's detail, you may want to consider creating a unique drawing tag for your draw objects so you have an object for each bar the condition becomes true. When the tag is kept the same the drawing object will be updated/replaced. Please see below.

Drawing on a chart (making unique Drawing Objects) - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ToDrawOnAChart

Also if you want to have an object drawn the first bar this condition is true, you may wish to consider using CrossAbove/CrossBelow rather than greater/less than.

Creating Crossover conditions - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...sOverCondition

We look forward to assisting.

[traderhawk]

Thanks for your replies..S.kinra was right the objects where there just in the wrong location... I used a different approach with DrawUpArrow to to position the arrow just below the Bar.
From a previous post..

Draw.ArrowUp(this, @"DblGreenDblRed Arrow up_1" + Convert.ToString(CurrentBars[0]), false, 0, (Low[0] - (3 * TickSize)) , Brushes.Aquamarine);

I'll check the Unique Drawing Objects ..thanks for the feedback..helping to speed up my learning curve.