Need Indicator Plot in Databox and not on Chart

[Lucius]

Hello,

I am developing an indicator that provides Buy/Sell signals and prices to a strategy.

I do not want the indicator Plots to show up on the chart, but I still want to inspect the values in the NT Data Box.

I tried setting up the indicator plots to transparent like this "Add(new Plot(Color.FromKnownColor(KnownColor.Transparent), PlotStyle.Line, "Plot_EN_Price"));"

But it will not show in the NT Data Box.

Can you pls let me know how I can setup an indicator plot to show up in the NT Data Box and not on the Chart.

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello Lucius,

Thank you for your post.

I do not understand why the transparent color did not work for the DataBox. Can you provide a sample of the code you are testing that produces the same results?

[koganam]

Hello,

I am developing an indicator that provides Buy/Sell signals and prices to a strategy.

I do not want the indicator Plots to show up on the chart, but I still want to inspect the values in the NT Data Box.

I tried setting up the indicator plots to transparent like this "Add(new Plot(Color.FromKnownColor(KnownColor.Transparent), PlotStyle.Line, "Plot_EN_Price"));"

But it will not show in the NT Data Box.

Can you pls let me know how I can setup an indicator plot to show up in the NT Data Box and not on the Chart.

Thanks

A transparent Plot will not show up in the DataBox. Try setting the color to the same as the chart background color, which will have the same visual effect on the chart.

ChartControl.BackColor

The ChartControl may not be available in the Initialize() method, so you may have to use the PlotColors syntax instead, in OnBarUpdate().

PlotColors[0][0] = ChartControl.BackColor; //et.c.,

[Lucius]

Setting the plot to the same color as the chart background did the trick. Thanks kogaman

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Thanks for letting us know Lucius and thanks koganam for the assist here.