increase arrow up / down

[Tradexxx]

hi,

i'm using arrows up / down within my indicator.
is there any possibility to increase the arrows?
thanks a lot

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for the question.

Are you asking to increase the quantity of arrows or the size? Can you please provide more information on what you are wanting to do?

I look forward to being of further assistance .

[Tradexxx]

only the size of the arrows

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for clearing that up.

The size of the Drawing Objects are actually not changeable currently. Arrows and other objects all have a fixed size that is not controllable, there are ways to use custom drawings on the chart using the plot override but this would be much more complicated than the single line statement you are currently using. For this currently there would be no way to modify the existing drawing objects size.

Please let me know if I may be of additional assistance.

[Harry]

There is a simple solution to this problem. You can replace DrawArrowUp() and DrawArrowDown() with DrawText() and use a specific font such as WebDings. Using DrawText() has two advantages:

-> you can select the size of the arrows / triangles via the font size of the Webdings font
-> you can select the pixel offset between high or low of the bar and your draw object

It would even be possible to place giant rockets to show entry signals (see chart attached) ..... .

The webdings symbols would be:

triangle up = "5"
triangle down = "6"
rocket up = "ù",
rocket down = "ú"

There are no arrows, but you could align several triangles.

[Harry]

For some reasons I cannot edit my previous post.

The font Wingdings3 comes with a selection of arrows, but it will not work with all PCs, as the Wingdings3 font needs to be installed first.

[arbuthnot]

For some reasons I cannot edit my previous post.

The font Wingdings3 comes with a selection of arrows, but it will not work with all PCs, as the Wingdings3 font needs to be installed first.

Thanks so much, Harry! I love the idea of using Webdings (which I knew next to nothing about before reading your post).

I have a W7 PC but if my antiquated Word 2000 can access them, then most standard systems should, I guess.

In any case, I'm fed up with boring old arrows: this is a great way to spice up our charts!

There are a lot of Webdings charts online but this one seems pretty good:

http://www.sunnyneo.com/avatars/webdings.php