Customize Chart Trader

[Bth123]

Can I customize the Chart Trading indicator? I'd like to add a few buttons to the indicator that place some specific orders.

Haven't yet done much ninjatrader programming, so I was looking to get started with this idea and wondering if this was possible. If not, I'd like to be able to create my own that's similar starting with a simple form that's attached to the chart with some buttons on it. Any ideas appreciated.

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

Hello Bth123, and thank you for your question.

While this is beyond the support we can provide directly, I am providing a post other forums users have found helpful, which will guide you through creating Windows forms .dll files and linking them into a NinjaScript project.

http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3292

Please let us know if there are any other ways we can help.

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

Additionally, for ChartTrader specifically, the following code sample may help.

for (int i = 0; i < ChartControl.Controls.Count; i++)
{
    Print(ChartControl.Controls[i].Name);
    if (ChartControl.Controls[i].Name == "pnlChartTrader")
    {
        Control ct = ChartControl.Controls[i];
        ComboBox a = null;
        for (int x = 0; x < ct.Controls["ctrChartTraderControl"].Controls.Count; x++)
        {
            a = (ComboBox)ct.Controls["ctrChartTraderControl"].Controls["cboAccount"];
        }
        NinjaTrader.Cbi.Account d = a.SelectedItem as NinjaTrader.Cbi.Account;
        Print(d.Name);
    }
}