Creating a Alert after a certain candlestick move

[mrxdaviepoo]

Hello,

I am wondering.. is there a way that I can create a sound alert that may alert me after 3 consecutive buy candlesticks or sell candlesticks? I am using a tick chart and it would be really nice to hear an alert when it creates 3 candlesticks in a row.. Hope this is not too hard.. i suck with computer programming :/

[NinjaTrader_MichaelM]

Hello mrxdaviepoo,

Thank you for writing in. You can create a strategy which you can apply to the chart which will alert you when specific conditions are met. I am not aware of the conditions you personally use to determine if a candlestick is a buy candlestick or a sell candlestick.

Please follow this video tutorial on creating sound alerts using the strategy wizard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt0s4-sVyD4

Then you would add and enable the strategy you created onto your chart.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

[mrxdaviepoo]

Another Question

Hi, Thanks for your reply. I figured out how to get this part done.. I am now wondering if its possible to have ninja trader automatically put a marker on my candlestick chart everytime a certain amount of contracts get bought or sold.. for example would it be possible to have it put a marker on my candlestick chart everytime 150 buy contracts or sold contracts get bought or sold? Just wondering. Thanks again for the help!

[NinjaTrader_MichaelM]

Hello mrxdaviepoo,

If you are tracking whether your own strategy has bought or sold more than 150 contracts, then it is easy to draw a dot. You simply need to use the DrawDot() method: http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...t7/drawdot.htm

Then you would have a counter that increments everytime an order is filled. See the OnExecution() method for this: http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...nexecution.htm. Then check if the counter is greater than (">") 150, and if so DrawDot() and reset the counter.

Please let me know if you have any questions.