plot an oscillator on a signal

[gerald560]

I have an indicator that plots buy/sell signals How can i plot oscillator on a signals over time? the values of the oscillator can simply be 1 for buys and -1 for sells ... so basically an indicator on an indiocator....the code looks something like this

				Alert("Volume Alert", NinjaTrader.Cbi.Priority.High,Instrument.FullName+": Volume above threshold", "Alert1.wav", 10, Color.White, Color.Yellow);
						if (Open[0]<=Close[0])
							DrawArrowDown("tag_"+CurrentBar.ToString(), true, 0, High[0]+1*TickSize, Color.Red);

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for the question.

I wanted to clarify this question, I will explain how I have understood the question, can you provide details to let me know if my thinking is correct?

I understand this as you have an indicator that is drawing arrows when your condition is true. You are trying to plot a line based on this indicators arrows or the more specifically the condition that causes the arrow. Is this correct?

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[gerald560]

that is correct

that is correct ... i want to plot a simple binary line/dot/bar when my conditions are met. in this case when a buy is triggered plot 1 when a sell is triggered plot -1

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

For a 1 or 0 a bar generally is the easiest to see, for this the best example would be the VOL indicator that comes with NinjaTrader.

Looking at the code you will see 2 sections of code that contribute to plotting a value.

protected override void Initialize()
{
	Add(new Plot(new Pen(Color.Blue, 2), PlotStyle.Bar, "Volume"));
	Add(new Line(Color.DarkGray, 0, "Zero line"));
}

This creates a Plot that can be used.

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
	Value.Set(Volume[0]);
}

Value would be the default name for the first or single plot in an indicator, please see the following link for more information;

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/values.htm?zoom_highlightsub=Values

You could simply set the value when the condition becomes true to 1 and that would make a 1 value bar plotted.

I look forward to being of further assistance.