Strategy and Indicator Labeling Issue

[daven]

I have a custom indicator which plots three values. Each of the values are labeled separately in the indicator plot statement and when I place the indicator on a chart, the plots are labeled with my custom plot labels. When I try to use the indicator in a custom strategy, and I select which plot I wish to use in the strategy, instead of seeing the indicator names I see "Plot0, Plot1, and Plot2". Why are the plot names correct and showing when placed on the chart, but not visible when using the very same indicator in a strategy? Do I need to name the plots somewhere else beside in the plot statement?
DaveN

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

DaveN, please copy in your properties section - you would normally see something like this -

 
public DataSeries MyPlotName
{
get { return Values[0]; }
}

[daven]

Indicator-Strategy naming problem.

This is what is in there now. In the initialize section I have these plot statements:

Add(new Plot(Color.FromKnownColor(KnownColor.Black), PlotStyle.Bar, "Shrt_VR"));
            Add(new Plot(Color.FromKnownColor(KnownColor.Blue), PlotStyle.Line, "Long_VR"));
			Add(new Plot(new Pen(Color.DarkGoldenrod, 2), PlotStyle.Line, "Diff"));

In the properties region I have:

        #region Properties
        [Browsable(false)]	// this line prevents the data series from being displayed in the indicator properties dialog, do not remove
        [XmlIgnore()]		// this line ensures that the indicator can be saved/recovered as part of a chart template, do not remove
        public DataSeries Plot0
        {
            get { return Values[0]; }
        }
        [Browsable(false)]	// this line prevents the data series from being displayed in the indicator properties dialog, do not remove
        [XmlIgnore()]		// this line ensures that the indicator can be saved/recovered as part of a chart template, do not remove
        public DataSeries Plot1
        {
            get { return Values[1]; }
        }
        [Browsable(false)]	// this line prevents the data series from being displayed in the indicator properties dialog, do not remove
        [XmlIgnore()]		// this line ensures that the indicator can be saved/recovered as part of a chart template, do not remove
        public DataSeries Plot2
        {
            get { return Values[2]; }
        }

Can I simply give the name to the corresponding properties area from the plot in the plot statement? In other words rename plot0 to "Short_VR" and so on?
Thanks
DaveN

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Correct, exactly this will solve the issue DaveN.

[daven]

Indicator-Strategy Name Problem

That didn't work at all. Now I'm getting error messages for Plot0 to Plot2 not existing in the current context, and when I rename everything to the Shrt_VR or Long_VR, I get error messages indicating NinjaTrader.Indicator.PT_VolRatio does not contain a definition for Plot0.

Somehow I have to tie the Plot0 through Plot2 plot statements to a dataseries that is named Long_VR, Short_VR, and Diff. Do I create a dataseries with that name first, then define it, then plot it using a plot statement? As near as I can tell, the data series or plot statement values come from the Value0, Value1 etc. statements in the Properties section and I can't see how to tie one to the other.

Have you got an example of how this is done in a piece of sample code?

Thanks
DaveN

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

You can look at the AD indicator from us for example -

 
Initialize() -
 
Add(new Plot(Color.Green, PlotStyle.Line, "AD"));
 
OnBarUpdate() -
 
AD.Set(....)
 
Properties() -
 
public DataSeries AD
{
get { return Values[0]; }
}