Cumulative Volume Plot

[leafsfan]

Is there a way to plot the cumulative volume as the day progresses?

So on a 30 minute chart, I'd like to see the volume for the first 30 minutes of the trading session, then the volume for the first 60 minutes as the next plot, next 90 minutes and so on building to the daily volume.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am not a programmer though. Thanks...

Leafsfan

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hi leafsfan,

Thanks for your note.

While it would be possible to create this indicator, it would take custom programming to create.

For example:

In Initialize():
Add(new Plot(Color.Blue, PlotStyle.Bar, "CumulativeVolume"));

In OnBarUpdate():
if (CurrentBar < 1)
return;

if (Time[0].Date != Time[1].Date)
{
volume = Volume[0];
}
else
{
volume += Volume[0];
Value.Set(volume);
}

This code will accumulate the volume to the volume variable. If the bar date is not the same as the previous bar then you know its a new day and the variable is reset to the current bar volume.