Invisible Plots

[Gianpiero]

Can plots be defined as ones that do not draw lines on the charts beyond the apparent solution of assigning the transparent color?
I need to "plot" private custom Series of different types without drawing anything on the chart because I use them to store on top of each bar some other data points or information beyond the standard OHLCV data.

[bltdavid]

Sounds like you don't need a 'plot' at all.

You just want the data the 'plot' maintains, right?

Well, just use a Series<double> (use whatever
data type you want) to maintain your own personal
data on a per-bar basis.

That is, just swap out double to be your own data
type, such as Series<bool> or Series<int>.

(Think of a 'plot' as an specially enhanced version of
a Series<double>, like a series on steriods, because
the 'plot' also has drawing information attached to it.)

These kinds of extra Series<> you define will have,
by definition, no plotting duties, no color, no brush,
no line width -- they only contain one piece of data
you assign, and only one per bar. These private
Series<> are rather basic, and, by definition,
already invisible to the chart.

Have you tried that?

[bltdavid]

Take a look at these Indicators,

@Darvas.cs
@ParabolicSAR.cs
@ZigZag.cs

for some examples on how private Series<> are
being used in 'invisible' ways.

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello Gianpiero,

Thanks for your post.

It seems like you might want to consider using a custom Series<double> as bltdavid has noted.

Values could be saved the the custom Series for each bar on the chart and you access those values by calling the Series object and passing in a barsAgo value. Custom Series would not plot on a chart.

See this help guide page for more information about Series objects: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...t8/seriest.htm

[Gianpiero]

Thank you all! That's what I thought.