How to display " ' " price notation

[MercuryScripter]

Hello,

Certain instruments like bonds display price on the margin as so 135'13. When I reference the price values programatically, 135'13 is returned as 135.40625. In some tracing that I'm doing, I'm printing these values to the output window.

Is there a way to print 135'13 instead of 135.40625? Thank you!

[NinjaTrader_MichaelM]

Hello MercuryScripter,

Where x = the bond value (ex. 135.40625) you can get the raw bond value (ex. 135'13) using the following formula:

System.Math.Floor(x) + "'" + ((x - System.Math.Floor(x))*32).ToString("00")

For a more advanced solution, please see this forum post: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...ead.php?t=7122

If we can be of further assistance, please let us know.

[MercuryScripter]

Hello Michael

I followed the thread you pointed me to earlier and implemented the below code/function in my strategy. However, I get the following compilation error and don't understand how to resolve:

'NinjaTrader.Strategy.TheAutomatedPitTrader.Format PriceMarker(float)': no suitable method found to override

public override string FormatPriceMarker(double price)
{
double trunc = Math.Truncate(price);
int fraction = Convert.ToInt32(320 * Math.Abs(price - trunc) - 0.0001); // rounding down for ZF and ZT
string priceMarker = "";
if (TickSize == 0.03125)
{
fraction = fraction/10;
if (fraction < 10)
priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'0" + fraction.ToString();
else
priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'" + fraction.ToString();
}
else if (TickSize == 0.015625 || TickSize == 0.0078125)
{
if (fraction < 10)
priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'00" + fraction.ToString();
else if (fraction < 100)
priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'0" + fraction.ToString();
else
priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'" + fraction.ToString();
}
else
priceMarker = price.ToString(Gui.Globals.GetTickFormatString(Tic kSize));
return priceMarker;
}

[NinjaTrader_MichaelM]

Hello MercuryScripter,

You are receiving this error because NinjaScript strategies cannot override the FormatPriceMarker() method. The FormatPriceMarker() method is for indicators. To resolve this problem, simply adjust your method name and remove the override:

public string toFractionalPrice(double price)
{
double trunc = Math.Truncate(price);
int fraction = Convert.ToInt32(320 * Math.Abs(price - trunc) - 0.0001); // rounding down for ZF and ZT
string priceMarker = "";
if (TickSize == 0.03125) 
{
fraction = fraction/10;
if (fraction < 10)
priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'0" + fraction.ToString();
else 
priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'" + fraction.ToString();
}
else if (TickSize == 0.015625 || TickSize == 0.0078125)
{
if (fraction < 10)
priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'00" + fraction.ToString();
else if (fraction < 100)
priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'0" + fraction.ToString();
else	
priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'" + fraction.ToString();
}
else
priceMarker = price.ToString(Gui.Globals.GetTickFormatString(TickSize));
return priceMarker;
}

and then reference it in your code like this:

double price = 135.40625;
string newprice = toFractionalPrice(price);

The variable newprice would look like this: 135'13

If we can be of further assistance, please let us know.