Suggestion: loading indicator sets shouldn't terminate existing strat on that chart

[jdfagan]

Currently in NT7 Beta 4, loading an indicator set onto an existing chart running a strategy (regardless if its enabled or not), forces user to terminate that strategy. I don't really see a reason why a strategy need be unloaded/terminated just to load in some indicators for that chart. Its not like I'm changing the Data Series type or its underlying period value...I don't see a reason why strategies need be dependent on charts set of indicators. They are orthogonal IMO.

JD

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

JD,

Unfortunately it is required just like how adding an additional indicator onto a chart reloads all indicators on the chart already on there.

[jdfagan]

Let me lay out the different use cases and show you how heavy handed NT can be with existing strat running within a chart and thus my suggestion for improving this for end user (i.e., trader) experience:

* Strat running, disabled: Add indicator, no problems
* Strat running, enabled: Add indicator, no problems

* Strat running, disabled: Reload All Historical Data, no problems
* Strat running, enabled: Reload All Historical Data, no problems

* Strat running, disabled: Reload NinjaScript, no problems
* Strat running, disabled: Reload NinjaScript, Pop up box warning NinjaScript will stop and restart your running strats. Strat will not be terminated though. Good.

* Strat running, disabled: Load indicator set, Pop up box warning NinjaScript strat will be terminated. Strat will then be deleted from chart losing all your settings/time invested up to that point with this chart for that strat. Bad!
* Strat running, enabled: Load indicator set, Pop up box warning NinjaScript strat will be terminated. Strat will then be deleted from chart losing all your settings/time invested up to that point with this chart for that strat. Bad!

Its annoying spending a long time setting up a strat, then wanting to apply a different indicator template to the chart but having to lose all your strat setup on that chart - especially for ad-hoc setups, etc. Its a time waster for the trader. Especially when you think that an indicator set is just a set of indicators saved and should be thought of as a macro short cut for simply adding a bunch of indicators to a chart which seems to work fine when you do it manually. Perhaps there's something special on your side with regard to multi-timeframes, but it would be best to in general never require a strat to be terminated. Turning from Enabled to Disabled is about as much as I can tolerate. Much preferable to instead just stop and start a strat as what happens when you Reload a NinjaScript as stated above.

JD

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

Thanks for your suggestions. We'll add them to the list of future considerations.