Custom Drawing Objects

[TNixon]

Is there any way to create custom drawing objects? I can figure out the actual drawing of the objects, but I don't know how to go about placing them or handling movement and resizing.

Ideally I'd like to be able to place orders using a drawing object, because one of the objects I'd like to create is a visual representation of an ATM strategy that lets you specify entry points, stops, and targets visually, but I also want to be able to modify the orders once they're placed with the chart manager, so it can't be a strategy (and even if it could, I don't know how you'd handle moving the various elements around).

A couple other objects I'd like to create would involve placing two horizontal or vertical lines and coloring the range in between them, sort of like a rectangle that's infinite on one axis.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Welcome to our forums, unfortunately you could not add to the drawing objects available. You can create though whatever you like through custom plotting and drawing with C# directly, for a sample the CustomPlotSample would be a way to start.

[TNixon]

Welcome to our forums, unfortunately you could not add to the drawing objects available. You can create though whatever you like through custom plotting and drawing with C# directly, for a sample the CustomPlotSample would be a way to start.

Is there any way to initiate the creation of a new custom draw object, or to manage movement and resizing, though? CustomPlotSample is an indicator, and I would want to be able to easily create and modify multiple custom drawing objects.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Unfortunately not TNixon, you would need to create this framework using C# as well in order to manage your custom draw objects.