Plot AccountItem.NetLiquidation into chart

[jhudas88]

Hello!

I want to Plot my NetLiquidation on a separate panel of my chart. I want it to look like an ATR line that moves up or down depending on my Profit or Loss. My knowledge in C# is very limited but I can manage. Hoping you can give me at least some steps and recommendations. Thank you!

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello jhudas88,

You could do that by using an indicator and Draw.TextFixed. An indicator will appear in a separate panel if you set its IsOverlay property to false.

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

There is a sample of finding an account in the following link, that would be needed to store an account to a variable. https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ount_class.htm

Once you have an account variable you can use the Get method to get values from that account variable. https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/get.htm

To draw text on the chart you can use Draw.TextFixed: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...tsub=textfixed

[jhudas88]

Hello jhudas88,

You could do that by using an indicator and Draw.TextFixed. An indicator will appear in a separate panel if you set its IsOverlay property to false.

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

There is a sample of finding an account in the following link, that would be needed to store an account to a variable. https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ount_class.htm

Once you have an account variable you can use the Get method to get values from that account variable. https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/get.htm

To draw text on the chart you can use Draw.TextFixed: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...tsub=textfixed

Hello @Jesse!

1. I was able to get My variables and named it private double Netliquidation
2. I am trying to plot it to the chart, but it doesn't show up.

Instead of Draw.TextFixed I want it to be an AddPlot(Brushes.Blue, "NetLiquidation")
but it does not plot a line on my chart. This indicator aims to Plot my NetLiquidation in Currency on another chart panel, and then I am planning to eventually Plot another Line with a certain drawdown Limit value to help me monitor my Open PNL drawdowns live on the same chart but on a different panel.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello Hello jhudas88,

That may be where you are trying to set the value, a plot needs to be set from OnBarUpdate and for each bar. I would suggest to post the code that you tried so we can have a better idea of what may be incorrect.

[jhudas88]

#region Using declarations
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using NinjaTrader.Cbi;
using NinjaTrader.Gui;
using NinjaTrader.Gui.Chart;
using NinjaTrader.Gui.SuperDom;
using NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools;
using NinjaTrader.Data;
using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript;
using NinjaTrader.Core.FloatingPoint;
using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.DrawingTools;
#endregion

//This namespace holds Indicators in this folder and is required. Do not change it.
namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators
{
    public class TrailingDrawdown : Indicator
    {
        private Account account;
        private Position position;

        private double realizedPnL;
        private double unRealizedPnL;
        private double NetLiquidation;
        private double highestNetLiqVal;
        private double drawdown;
        private double MaxDrawdown;
        protected override void OnStateChange()
        {
            if (State == State.SetDefaults)
            {
                Description                                    = @"Enter the description for your new custom Indicator here.";
                Name                                        = "TrailingDrawdown";
                Calculate                                    = Calculate.OnEachTick;
                IsOverlay                                    = false;
                DisplayInDataBox                            = true;
                DrawOnPricePanel                            = true;
                DrawHorizontalGridLines                        = true;
                DrawVerticalGridLines                        = true;
                PaintPriceMarkers                            = true;
                ScaleJustification                            = NinjaTrader.Gui.Chart.ScaleJustification.Right;
                //Disable this property if your indicator requires custom values that cumulate with each new market data event.
                //See Help Guide for additional information.
                IsSuspendedWhileInactive                    = true;



            }
            else if (State == State.Configure)
            {
            }
            else if (State == State.DataLoaded)
            {
                // Find our account
                lock (Account.All)
                    account = Account.All.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Name == AccountName);

                // Subscribe to account item updates
                if (account != null)
                {
                    account.AccountItemUpdate += OnAccountItemUpdate;
                    account.PositionUpdate += OnPositionUpdate;

                    foreach (Position pos in account.Positions)
                        if (pos.Instrument == Instrument)
                            position = pos;

                    realizedPnL = account.Get(AccountItem.RealizedProfitLoss, Currency.UsDollar);
                    NetLiquidation = account.Get(AccountItem.NetLiquidation, Currency.UsDollar);
                }
            }
            else if (State == State.Terminated)
            {
                // Make sure to unsubscribe to the account item subscription
                if (account != null)
                {
                    account.AccountItemUpdate -= OnAccountItemUpdate;
                    account.PositionUpdate -= OnPositionUpdate;
                }
            }
        }

        private void OnAccountItemUpdate(object sender, AccountItemEventArgs e)
        {
            drawdown = highestNetLiqVal - NetLiquidation;
            if (e.AccountItem == AccountItem.RealizedProfitLoss)
                realizedPnL = e.Value;
            if (e.AccountItem == AccountItem.NetLiquidation)
                NetLiquidation = e.Value;

            if (NetLiquidation != null && NetLiquidation > highestNetLiqVal)
                highestNetLiqVal = NetLiquidation;
            if (drawdown != null && drawdown > MaxDrawdown)
                MaxDrawdown = drawdown;
        }
        private void OnPositionUpdate(object sender, PositionEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Position.Instrument == Instrument && e.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat)
                position = null;
            else if (e.Position.Instrument == Instrument && e.MarketPosition != MarketPosition.Flat)
                position = e.Position;
        }
        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
            // Plot the private double variable on the chart using DrawText
            if (State == State.SetDefaults)
                {
                    IsOverlay = false;  
                    AddPlot(Brushes.Orange, "NetLiquidation");
                }
        }

        [TypeConverter(typeof(NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.AccountNameConverter))]
        public string AccountName { get; set; }

        public SimpleFont Font { get; set; }

        public PerformanceUnit PerformanceUnit { get; set; }


    }
}

#region NinjaScript generated code. Neither change nor remove.

namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators
{
    public partial class Indicator : NinjaTrader.Gui.NinjaScript.IndicatorRenderBase
    {
        private TrailingDrawdown[] cacheTrailingDrawdown;
        public TrailingDrawdown TrailingDrawdown()
        {
            return TrailingDrawdown(Input);
        }

        public TrailingDrawdown TrailingDrawdown(ISeries<double> input)
        {
            if (cacheTrailingDrawdown != null)
                for (int idx = 0; idx < cacheTrailingDrawdown.Length; idx++)
                    if (cacheTrailingDrawdown[idx] != null &&  cacheTrailingDrawdown[idx].EqualsInput(input))
                        return cacheTrailingDrawdown[idx];
            return CacheIndicator<TrailingDrawdown>(new TrailingDrawdown(), input, ref cacheTrailingDrawdown);
        }
    }
}

namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.MarketAnalyzerColumns
{
    public partial class MarketAnalyzerColumn : MarketAnalyzerColumnBase
    {
        public Indicators.TrailingDrawdown TrailingDrawdown()
        {
            return indicator.TrailingDrawdown(Input);
        }

        public Indicators.TrailingDrawdown TrailingDrawdown(ISeries<double> input )
        {
            return indicator.TrailingDrawdown(input);
        }
    }
}

namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Strategies
{
    public partial class Strategy : NinjaTrader.Gui.NinjaScript.StrategyRenderBase
    {
        public Indicators.TrailingDrawdown TrailingDrawdown()
        {
            return indicator.TrailingDrawdown(Input);
        }

        public Indicators.TrailingDrawdown TrailingDrawdown(ISeries<double> input )
        {
            return indicator.TrailingDrawdown(input);
        }
    }
}

#endregion
​

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello jhudas88,

Please see the following page which shows how to add plots and also set them, you need to fix the code you have in OnBarUpdate. https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ghtsub=addplot

After moving the AddPlot to the correct location you would need to move the account.Get into OnBarUpdate to get a value and then plot it for each bar. The following code would go in OnBarUpdate:

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{​
if (account != null)
{​
realizedPnL = account.Get(AccountItem.RealizedProfitLoss, Currency.UsDollar);
NetLiquidation = account.Get(AccountItem.NetLiquidation, Currency.UsDollar);​

//set plots to the values you wanted
}
}