Indicator vs Strategy

[ATI user]

Right, of course....Initialize section does not allow update from Strategy, so I put in OnBarUpdate section and used 'if (Bars.FirstBarOfSession)...' so I only change once on load/refresh. My goal here was to control all colors from the Strategy Parameter dialog.

Thanks for link...have real time color changes going already.

Bigger issue still remains indicator vs strategy; the biggest drawback to a strategy being that using Close in ChartTrader,etc. removes the strategy from the chart by default. As I recall that is a default safety feature related to automatic order placement and can not be changed (evem though I do not want to place orders from this strategy). So, it looks like I am going to need a separate indicator and strategy afterall. I was trying to put everything into one .cs for simplicity. Will do an all-in-one indicator and do multi-timeframe conditions via a strategy.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Sorry to hear you couldn't get everything into one file, but at least with an indicator and a strategy you have the flexibility to use your technique the way you want whenever you want.

[ATI user]

Thanks. Yes I will have the flexibility. I will get on top of what I want where eventually.