Market Analyzer Alerts with Custom Indicator

[ij001]

Hi NT,

Just curious, if there is an example of a basic custom indicator that can be used in the Market Analyzer to display alerts.

I am looking to display an alert in the Market Analyzer in NT8, as opposed to the charts.

I did it way back in NT7 but have forgotten the snippet of code.

Thanks Irv

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello ij001,

Any indicator with a Plot can be used with the market analyzer, you could see the SMA or EMA for simple plotting indicator examples.

Alerts can be configured in the market analyzer alerts menu or in the indicators code, if you hard code the alert you can use the Alert command: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...lightsub=alert

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[ij001]

Hello ij001,

Any indicator with a Plot can be used with the market analyzer, you could see the SMA or EMA for simple plotting indicator examples.

Alerts can be configured in the market analyzer alerts menu or in the indicators code, if you hard code the alert you can use the Alert command: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...lightsub=alert

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.

Hi Jesse,

Thanks for your reply.

I want to confirm my understanding:

- I have hardcoded an alert with the Alert command. I have a Chart tab open and the Alert window open to display the alert. That works.

- I found that this method will only trigger in real-time, if the chart tab for that alert is open.
If I have another instrument in a new tab, it may not trigger the alert in real time. I usually get the alert late or refresh the chart and then get the alert.

- The solution to this is to use the Market Analyzer and plot my indicator and use the MA alerts menu.

Would you say my approach is correct or?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello ij001,

From the description it sounds like you may just need to modify the indicator to use IsSuspendedWhileInactive = false;

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/issuspendedwhileinactive.htm?zoom_highlightsub=issus

Your understanding is otherwise correct, the MA window will run the scripts while that window is open. If you switch workspaces or do any actions where the indicators would be suspended then you would still want to revert back to using IsSuspendedWhileInactive = false

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.