Multiseries Problem

[vegasfoster]

I am trying to create a simple multi-series indicator, but I can't the following code to work. I read the manual and the example strategy, but I don't see why it isn't working. I thought it might be the symbol, but I have used every combination I can think of, e.g. EURUSD, $EURUSD, EUR.USD, $EUR.USD, EUR/USD, $EUR/USD. Even if I use "MSFT" as in the example, I am getting the same error. Thanks for any help.

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

Vegasfoster, you are doing nothing wrong. If you try that code in an strategy it will work. Simply put, NinjaTrader 6.5 does not support multi-series indicators. NT7 does.

[borland]

vegas,

What Austin means, is it will compile without errors in a

namespace NinjaTrader.Strategy
{
}

[vegasfoster]

OIC, thanks.

[vegasfoster]

Can the result be plotted in a separate frame from the price? If so, how? Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

Yes, you can just set in Initialize():

Overlay = false;

EDIT: Perhaps I pulled the trigger too quick on the reply. Overlay is the property that decides if the indicator should be plotted on top of the price or not.

[vegasfoster]

Everyone seems to do it this way, but it says 'The name strategyplot does not exist in the current context' and won't compile. Not sure what is wrong.

Initialize()
{
Add("AUDUSD", PeriodType.Minute, timeFrame);
Add("GBPCHF", PeriodType.Minute, timeFrame);
Add("EURUSD", PeriodType.Minute, timeFrame);
Add("EURCHF", PeriodType.Minute, timeFrame);
Add("NZDJPY", PeriodType.Minute, timeFrame);
Add("CHFJPY", PeriodType.Minute, timeFrame);
Add("USDJPY", PeriodType.Minute, timeFrame);

Add(StrategyPlot(0));
StrategyPlot(0).PanelUI = 2;

CalculateOnBarClose = false;
}


OnBarUpdate()
{
if (BarsInProgress == 0)

{

double Index1 = Closes[1][0] + Closes[2][0] + Closes[3][0] + Closes[4][0] + Closes[5][0] + Closes[6][0] + Closes[7][0];

StrategyPlot(0).Value.Set(Index1);

}
}

Thank you

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Do you actually have the underlying indicators in your files, too to achieve this functionality?

http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/vb/showthread.php?t=6651

[vegasfoster]

I do now, yep it works, thank you.

[vegasfoster]

Spoke to quickly, it compiles, but nothing plots. I tried removing the timeFrame parameter and hard keying "5", I changed all the StrategyPlot(0) to StrategyPlot(1) in case the number correlated with the id in the strategy plot indicator?, I commented out the double statement and changed StrategyPlot(1).Value.Set(Index1); to StrategyPlot(1).Value.Set(Closes[1][0]) to simplify that part of it. At this point I'm out of ideas.

[vegasfoster]

So I just took the sample strategy and replaced your code with mine and it still doesn't work. The panel shows up but it is empty. Hmm?


protectedoverridevoid Initialize()
{
CalculateOnBarClose = true;

Add("AUDUSD", PeriodType.Minute, 5);
Add("GBPCHF", PeriodType.Minute, 5);

Add(StrategyPlot(0));
Add(StrategyPlot(1));

StrategyPlot(0).Plots[0].Pen.Color = Color.Blue;
StrategyPlot(1).Plots[0].Pen.Color = Color.Red;

StrategyPlot(0).PanelUI = 3;
StrategyPlot(1).PanelUI = 3;


protectedoverridevoid OnBarUpdate()
{
StrategyPlot(0).Value.Set(Closes[1][0]);
StrategyPlot(1).Value.Set(Closes[2][0]);
}

[vegasfoster]

Ok, went back to what I tried earlier, currency symbols must have the "$" prefix - "$GBPUSD", not "GBPUSD".