Migrating Indicators from Nt7 to Nt8

[Alexander Kupka]

Hi there, I do have a a number of Nt7 Indicators, the show bands around SMA or VWAP and they show entry signals and more. Can anybody help me getting these Indikators ready for use in Nt8?

[Alexander Kupka]

of course I will share these Indikators with the community, when they are working

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello Alexander Kupka,

Thank you for your post.

We in the support department cannot convert an indicator for you, however, you may find one of our users is willing to help, assuming you have access to the source code for the original version for NinjaTrader 7. If the indicators are distributed as compiled assemblies, the code will not be accessible in the NinjaScript Editor and you would need to contact the vendor you received the indicator from to see if there is a version available for NinjaTrader 8. If the code is available, you can also convert the indicators from 7 to 8 yourself.

There are a few key items to look for when converting your scripts from NinjaTrader 7 format to NinjaTrader 8, and we keep a Code Breaking Changes table updated in the NinjaTrader 8 Help Guide to assist in identifying changes or new implementations of familiar methods and properties from NinjaTrader 7:

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...ng_changes.htm

Some notable items to consider when converting your code will be the following:

Initialization has changed significantly. Initialize() has been replaced with OnStateChange(), which can be used to filter out different stages of the entire life cycle of a script (SetDefaults, Configure, Historical, Realtime, Terminated, etc.) OnStateChange() is fully covered in the Help Guide.

The names of many methods and properties have changed slightly, so you will need to refactor these in your code. The Code Breaking Changes table can make this task much easier, and there is also an alphabetical reference in the Help Guide that can help to find new method/property names: http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG..._reference.htm

In numerous instances, you now have direct access to objects, where in NinjaTrader 7 you had to work with interfaces. For example, rather than the IOrder interface, you now have direct access to an Order object and its related fields. This will require a change in the way items like this are handled in your code.

As always, we are more than happy to help out with tips and advice in this area, although we do not offer full script conversion services.

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.

[hedgeplay]

Hi there, I do have a a number of Nt7 Indicators, the show bands around SMA or VWAP and they show entry signals and more. Can anybody help me getting these Indikators ready for use in Nt8?

Hi Alexander,

Many popular indicators have already been converted so you have not yet checked I would search by indictor name and related keyword here.

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/user-app-share/

HedgePlay

[Alexander Kupka]

Hi, thanks for your reply, my indicators are individual built , they show signals in trends as well as counter signals.