horizontal line for current price

[SinatraFan]

Is there an existing code out there for a simple horizontal line painted on the current price? If so, can someone point the way for me? Thanks

[NinjaTrader_AdamP]

SinatraFan,

I believe the following link will help you out.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/local_links.php?catid=4&linkid=402

[SinatraFan]

Thanks... that is exactly what I needed. Now for another question.... Is there a way to paint a histogram at the bottom of the chart? I would like to paint a small bar during the times that I trade (say from 5am to 4pm. I would like a little bar at the bottom to easily identify when I'm looking at historical charts. Is there something out there that does this or perhaps some easy code? Thanks

[NinjaTrader_AdamP]

SinatraFan,

Sure, this is possible. You could create an indicator with a time filter. In your OnBarUpdate, something like this would work.

if( ToTime(Time[0]) > ToTime(5,0,0) && ToTime(Time[0]) < ToTime(16,0,0) )
{
    Plot0.Set(1);
}
else
{
    Plot0.Set(0);
}

Essentially, this will assign a 1 to the plot if its during your trading hours, and a 0 if not.

[SinatraFan]

Could you elaborate a bit more... I've never coded anything in NT... only tradestation and it's a bit foreign to me. How would I put that into an indicator?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

SinatraFan, if you've never coded before in NT I would suggest starting out with those tutorials here to learn how the NinjaScript framework operates :

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/tutorials.htm

[koganam]

Thanks... that is exactly what I needed. Now for another question.... Is there a way to paint a histogram at the bottom of the chart? I would like to paint a small bar during the times that I trade (say from 5am to 4pm. I would like a little bar at the bottom to easily identify when I'm looking at historical charts. Is there something out there that does this or perhaps some easy code? Thanks

Why not just change the background color?

[SinatraFan]

How do you do that??? I'm really green at NT... very well versed at easylanguage... but know nothing about c#

[koganam]

How do you do that??? I'm really green at NT... very well versed at easylanguage... but know nothing about c#

Follow the link to Turorials that Bertrand gave you. You will see that the Level 6 one does what we are discussing. If you are new to NInjaScript, you might want to start from Turotial 1. AS you already know how to code in another language, your learning curve will not be too steep.