Custom ChartStyle: Is variable bar spacing along the time axis not possible?

[SmartArtsStudio]

Hello

I have been trying to make a custom ChartStyle which is essentially the Equivolume bars with all the space between the bars removed like BoxStyle bars. (So I guess they would be Vary-Volume bars )

BoxStyle.cs seems to set the bars X position using the following code:


The plan was to keep track of the previous bars x co-ordinate and volume variable bar width. Then add those to set the following bars x co-ordinate. While I can render horizontal lines starting and finishing at any variable x co-ordinate. The vertical Bars point.x values get ignored altogether.

So after a bit of frustration I just tried scaling the "boxStartPosition" value (to 20 instead of 2*x) in the above BoxStyle.cs to see if I could add space between the Boxes... It has no impact on the rendered box bars?

Should what I am trying to do be possible? Or are bars x co-ordinates ignored because the time line spacing is fixed?

Equivolume Bars with the collapsed variable spacing similar to this chart:


Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello SmartArtsStudio,

Thanks for your post.

I do not yet want to say this is not possible, and I am consulting with my colleagues to see if something like this can be accomplished with a ChartStyle.

I will keep you posted on our findings, thanks in advance for your patience.

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Ok, so I have gotten some clarity from a developer here as these topics were discussed when we added the Equivolume ChartStyle.

This would not be possible as it comes down to bar spacing on the timescale. While we can enable/disable Equidistant Bar Spacing on the chart to have bars spaced specifically by time, or to allow equal distance from other bar, these bar spacing types do not compensate for spacing by volume.

We could draw bars of a desired width with the Equivolume ChartStyle, but we could not modify the spacing between them on the timescale to give the same space between bars.

If you have any additional questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

[SmartArtsStudio]

This puts my mind at ease
Thanks for the clarification.