Set chart display scaling programmatically

[abdunbar]

Hello,

I would like to be able to set chart display scaling programmatically so that when my indicator is applied to a new chart, the scale can be set without having to right click in the scale area of the chart panel.

Is this possible?

thanks,
Archie

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello abdunbar,

Welcome to the NinjaTrader Support Forums!

You can set the ScaleJustification and AutoScale of an indicator programmatically. For example:

protected override void Initialize()
{
    AutoScale = false;
    ScaleJustification = ScaleJustification.Left;
}

ScaleJustification: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...tification.htm

AutoScale: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...?autoscale.htm

Let us know if we can be of further assistance.

[abdunbar]

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I want to set the scaling to "logarithmic."
Instead of linear.

Archie

[abdunbar]

I changed my search and found this; http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...le+logarithmic

so unless something is changed, not possible?

So next idea, I could convert the data with "math.log10" ?

[koganam]

Hello,

I would like to be able to set chart display scaling programmatically so that when my indicator is applied to a new chart, the scale can be set without having to right click in the scale area of the chart panel.

Is this possible?

thanks,
Archie

That is the default behavior. If you have not switched a chart to "manual scaling", then there is nothing to do. Autoscaling is the default.

[abdunbar]

Sorry, I may not understand how this forum works. I was posing a question about how to set a chart scale to "logarithmic" instead of the default "linear" and to do so programmatically. I found a reply in another thread linked below that said not possible. Just wondering if anything has changed?

Otherwise the only choice is to do the logarithmic conversion of the data and indexing within the script.

thanks,

Archie

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello Archie,

Yes, that still is unsupported.

With that said, you can create a chart template that has both the indicator that you want to apply and be able to save the chart type scale setting to "Logarithmic". So all you would have to do is load the Chart Template to load your indicator and change the setting to "Logarithmic".

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h..._templates.htm

[abdunbar]

JC,

Thanks, understand.

Archie

[sledge]

Check out the chartscale indicator sample in the file sharing section here.

I used it to peg my battery level indicator at 0 to 100%.

Hello,

I would like to be able to set chart display scaling programmatically so that when my indicator is applied to a new chart, the scale can be set without having to right click in the scale area of the chart panel.

Is this possible?

thanks,
Archie