custom shaped price marker using SharpDX?

[bkinvent]

Is there a way of dynamically changing just the color of the price marker of the current close (preferably using fromArgb or SharpDX.color4) while hiding the price markers of all indicators from within the script of a custom indicator?

So the question is in two parts:

1. How does one hide indicator price markers while leaving the price marker of the current close intact?

2. To set the color of the current close price marker on a tick by tick basis?

3. Means of drawing a custom shaped price marker using SharpDX?

[Zeos6]

Hello bkinvent,

Yes it can be done. Simply override the FormatPriceMarker with your own code. For example,

        public override string FormatPriceMarker(double price)
        {
             return price.ToString("N0");
        }

This will do some of it. Do you really need to draw custom price marker shapes?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for the post.

Hiding a indicators markers can be achieved using the PaintPriceMarkers property, this would leave the DataSeries price marker but hide the indicators.

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/paintpricemarkers.htm?zoom_highlightsub=pricemarker

Alternatively, making a plot Transparent will hide its marker and leave other plots markers visible.

To set a color for the price marker on the current tick, you would need to set the PlotBrushes Brush:

PlotBrushes[0][0] = Brushes.Orange;

which would produce a result like the following if you were toggling colors: https://puu.sh/xnk5a/9d94fe6c48.png

Because this has a BarsAgo index, you can always reset the prior bars brush to something that will match the remainder of the plot so only the current bar is being toggled.

Currently, there is no way to modify or otherwise draw custom markers, I will put in a feature request for this. The next best solution would be to just hide your price markers and then use OnRender to draw just to the left of the scale.

I look forward to being of further assistance.