Why does Vol indicator Not plot first 20 bars?

[zacharydw00]

Is there an issues with plotting the first bar's volume? Can this be changed in the default Vol indicator?
Thx.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

By default all indicators are not plotted on the first 20 bars. These first 20 bars are generally considered to be an unstable period for the indicator where calculations are not solidified yet due to not having enough data.

If you would like to see this on the volume indicator you would need to edit the volume indicators code and add this line to the Initialize() method.

BarsRequired = 0;

[zacharydw00]

The editor gives an error message when making a change to the VOL ind. So. back to my original qestions...

Is there an issue with plotting the first bar's volume? Can this be changed in the default Vol indicator?

I'll rephrase my second question. Will you change the default Vol indicator to plot the first bar's volume?
Thx.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello Zacharydw00,

You can right click in the editor > Save As to create a copy. You can then make this change.

The majority of our indicators are not valid during the unstable period and will not be displayed

[KBJ]

You can right click in the editor > Save As to create a copy. You can then make this change.

This was first suggested as a fix to the indicator over a year ago (see this thread) and as I mentioned at the time (and Josh mentioned earlier in this thread) , it's a one-line change.

Bertrand said he would forward my request to development on 05-May-2009.

It's now a year-and-a-half later and you're suggesting that customers, themselves should make this one-line change to the code, even though (as zacharydw00 mentions), the editor gives an error message on this.

There's no R&D involved, I don't understand NinjaTrader's reluctance to make such a simple change.

So, why exactly should customers make this change instead of NinjaTrader?

KBJ

P.S. Do you see why I've (mostly) stopped making suggestions, and requesting new items & fixes from NinjaTrader?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

KBJ,

All suggestions are always taken seriously. Whether they get implemented or not is a matter of where they fall on our extremely long list of suggestions. For something like this to implement it introduces inconsistencies in concept for what is provided for other indicators. The change of this, though simple for VOL, has larger more widespread conceptual implications that would be required to be evaluated across all other indicators. It raises the question of why can't this be changed for all indicators or even do away with the concept as a whole. Unfortunately at this point in time, to answer this question is not at the top of our list of priorities. The cost-benefit analysis of trying to fiddle with this concept is small gains for a lot of underlying changes. Meaning a lot of work for little gains. With that being said, I assure you it is on our list and is not ignored.