When indicator parameters not in Parameters category

[MikeInMA]

I have a proprietary third-party indicator that has some of its parameters in a grid category called Signal. I'd like to add this indicator to a chart from a strategy and then change some of the settings of the Signal parameters. Is that possible, or can I only specify Parameters when the indicator is added and subsequently access Plots and Lines? In other words, can I get at the values in the Signal grid category, or are they out of reach?

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello MikeInMA,

You can only access indicator plots from another script without having to do additional coding. It's possible to access other values, but you will need to be able to edit the code of your indicator. This sample demonstrates exposing values that aren't plots.

[MikeInMA]

Doing a little more poking around, it actually looks like it's pretty simple to do what I was trying to do, and access to the indicator's code is not necessary. In this case I'm working with a 3rd-party proprietary indicator, so I can't access the code, anyway. However, I know this indicator has a parameter called SignalSize in a grid category called Signal. And it turns out that in my strategy's Initialize() routine I can directly reference indicator().SignalSize. Easy.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Yes, that should work. The code added to the called indicator helps make sure that the value is up to date, but if you're referencing a static value this shouldn't affect you much.