Scale justification overlay

[ch9090]

Hi all,

is there a piece of code to set the scale justification of an indicator to overlay in a strategy?
Otherwise it messes up my chart.

Thank you,
chris

[koganam]

Hi all,

is there a piece of code to set the scale justification of an indicator to overlay in a strategy?
Otherwise it messes up my chart.

Thank you,
chris

In the strategy, create and use a named instance of the indicator. Set the Scale Justification of the named instance.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi Chris,

Yes, please see available properties for ScaleJustification:

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

For an indicator added to a strategy:
Add(SMA(7));
SMA(7).ScaleJustification = ScaleJustification.Overlay;

[ch9090]

Wunderbar! Many thanks

[ch9090]

Hi Ryan,

I am coming back to you with a small issue I've been trying to solve for the last hour.

Add(EMA(Vma1));
EMA(Vma1).Overlay = true;
EMA(Vma1).Plots[0].Pen.Color = Color.DarkOrange;

Add(VolumeUpDown());
VolumeUpDown().Panel = 2;
// VolumeUpDown().Overlay = true;
// VolumeUpDown().ScaleJustification = ScaleJustification.Left;

Add(EMA(Volume, Vma4));
EMA(Volume, Vma4).Panel = 2;
// EMA(Volume, Vma4).Overlay = true;
// EMA(Volume, Vma4).ScaleJustification = ScaleJustification.Left;
EMA(Volume, Vma4).Plots[0].Pen.Color = Color.DarkCyan;

Add(RSI(Vperiodin, 3));
RSI(Vperiodin, 3).Panel = 3;
RSI(Vperiodin, 3).Lines[0].Value = Vleveldown;
RSI(Vperiodin, 3).Lines[1].Value = Vlevelup;
RSI(Vperiodin, 3).Plots[1].Pen.Color = Color.Transparent; //smooth line

Problem with this simple piece of code is that panel 2 is empty; volume and its EMA are on panel 3 and RSI on panel 4. The EMA is ok though. Why is panel 2 empty?

An alternative would be to draw the volumeupdown and its EMA on the price chart but I don't know how to code it.

Any brilliant ideas?

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello ch9090,
You have not assigned anything in the Panel 1.

The EMA is plotted in pane 0 (price pane), VolumeUpDown and EMA of Volume is plotted in pane 2 while RSI is plotted in pane 3.

[ch9090]

Thank you for the quick and efficient reply, I thought the panel price was 1!

Now I've put the volumeupdown as an overlay in the panel price but it is taking to much real estate. Is there a simple way to reduce the (left) scale by e.g. a factor 2 or another trick so that it sits unobtrusively at the bottom?

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello ch9090,
Unfortunately nothing that comes to my mind. You have to further edit the indicator to do it.

[ch9090]

Ok, I'll take another look at it because I first thought about fixing the scale but it would only work for stocks having a volume ranging in that scale. The alternative is to plot it on another panel and reduce its size.