Use Indicator in Drawing Tool

Bobin

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Use Indicator in Drawing Tool

05-13-2022, 09:48 AM

Is it possible to use an indicator in a drawing tool without accessing the loaded indicators in a chart?
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NinjaTrader_Kate

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05-13-2022, 10:21 AM

Hello Bobin,

Thank you for your reply.

Unfortunately no, there's not the ability to call an indicator directly from within a drawing object. You can see this post from one of my colleagues for instructions on looping through the chart indicators and getting values from the plot here:

Drawing tool: access value calculated by indicator - NinjaTrader Support Forum

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/add-on-development/1041656-drawing-tool-access-value-calculated-by-indicator?p=1041713#post1041713

Hi, I created a couple of indicators and a couple of drawing tools for NT8. I need to create a custom drawing tool that needs to read a value calculated by

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