Maximum number of plots for a custom indicator

[dowtrader]

Hi,

I know that when using the Indicator wizard to develop a custom indicator I can only enter a certain number of plots in the wizard. But does this apply when I am creating an indicator using C# without using the wizard?

The reason why I am asking this is because whenever I try to add more than 7 plots to an indicator (in this case an extra Line plot to an edited version of the Pivots indicator) the indicator will not display at all. Please help.

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

Hi dowtrader, are there any errors in the logs (right-most tab in Control Center) when you apply this indicator?

As far as I know, there is not a limit for how many plots an indicator can have.

If you want, you can post the code and I'll take a look at it and see if I notice anything wrong.

[dowtrader]

Hi,

Yes indeed it seems that there is something in the code for the Pivots indicator that allows it to work with only 7 plots because instead of editing the Pivot indicator code I instantiated the Pivot indicator code in a seperate indicator I created and added many plots and that worked fine. Thanks.

[deanz]

original ninja pivots with S4 R4

ok I think I got this figured after having the same problem as the OP, when adding S4 and R4 to a copy of the original ninja pivots you get an error in the log window = Please check onbarupdate or plot method. I found under the variables there was 7 brushes, I added 2 more and it seems to work now. The old S3 R3 were wide calculations, there are narrow ones other people use so the old S3 is now called S4 and a new narrow range S3 is added, maybe it's useful for others.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Thanks for the input and share here Dean, appreciated.