Draw.Line into the future

[Mindset]

How would I do this please?

currently this is not working

myLine = Draw.Line(this,"hfdlsfs"+CurrentBar,true,0,Close[0],endtime,Close[0],dotBrush,DashStyleHelper.DashDot,2);

where endtime = ToTime(11, 59, 00);
which I think is 1 min before midnight today?

Also does the following instantiate a line?

NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.DrawingTools.Line myLine;

I get one or two random lines so I must be doing something wrong!!

thanks

[s.kinra]

Hello Mindset,
No need to instantiate line as you're using Draw.Line, the syntax you need to check as you're using 0 bars for start & time for end which will not work. Also, you need to properly define the endtime parameter as Endtime = DateTime.Parse("23:59", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) ; & be sure to add properties -
[NinjaScriptProperty]
[PropertyEditor("NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.TimeEditorKe y")]
[Display(Name="Endtime", Order=1, GroupName="Parameters")]
public DateTime Endtime
{ get; set; }
You can use Indicator wizard to do this for you, check the correct syntax as attached snapshot.

Hope it helps!

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello Mindset,

Thanks for your post.

I'd also like to note that if you are appending CurrentBar to the Drawing Tool tag, a new drawing object will be created for each bar.

As s.kinra mentions, in addition to creating a property for Endtime, you would need to make sure the syntax is correct. I.E. If you are using syntax for Start and and Times, you need to provide DateTimes for both the start and end time. We cannot mix the BarsAgo syntax with the DateTime syntax.

You can reference the Help Guide for a complete list of overloads to see their syntax, and you can use Intelliprompt to help direct you while writing the code.

Draw.Line - https://ninjatrader.com/es/support/h...?draw_line.htm

Intelliprompt - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...elliprompt.htm

We look forward to assisting.

[Mindset]

Thank you. Finally how do I set this so that it will only produce lines for today ( not past days).
DateTime thisDay = DateTime.Today;
but I can't seem to put it in an if statement??

[s.kinra]

Hello Mindset,
Are you getting any error ?
How many lines you want to be plotted ? If you need only one line for today only, remove +CurrentBar from tag.
Go to Drawing Objects & check if you can see the lines or not.
Close[0] will be updating for every bar, I think you need to be specific if you need your line to start from the last bar of the day for example, can assign the value in a double variable so it stores only one value at specified bar.
Normally you see only session timing in the X-axis so 23:59 will not be showing up for previous days, however for today you can scroll or add margin on right to see the line upto 23:59. Try to give a start time manually to check the plot so then you can catch the issue, if any & later can update your code as you need.
Hope it helps!

[s.kinra]

Hello Mindset,
I just did a small test code, it plots the last closing price till the end time specified, I kept Calculate = Calculate.OnEachTick; so getting the line moving with every price movement.
code: Draw.Line(this, "line", true, DateTime.Now, Close[0], End, Close[0], Brushes.AliceBlue, DashStyleHelper.Dot, 1);
Hope it helps.

[Mindset]

thanks s.kinra