Vertical Text

[WHICKED]

I am looking to have vertical text written at a specific bar location and as the bars keep coming in that it would shift to the left with the bars.

I do not think that there is a Draw. option for this so it would most likely need to be OnRender

The issue with that is OnRender has a limitation that if the indicator is on a separate chart panel there is not a inherent way to say to have the plots draw on the second panel and the text object through onrender draw on price panel correct?

[MiCe1999]

You can add /n after every letter to make the text vertical. Example:

using System;
using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript;
using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators;
using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.DrawingTools;
using System.Windows.Media;

namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators
{
public class LowDifferenceIndicator : Indicator
{
private int verticalOffset = 5; // Default offset in pixels

[NinjaScriptProperty]
public int VerticalOffset
{
get { return verticalOffset; }
set { verticalOffset = value; }
}

protected override void OnStateChange()
{
if (State == State.SetDefaults)
{
Description = "Displays the absolute number of ticks difference between the current bar's low and the previous bar's low at the bottom of the current bar with adjustable vertical positioning, shown in vertical orientation. Negative differences are shown in red.";
Name = "LowDifferenceIndicator";
Calculate = Calculate.OnBarClose;
IsOverlay = true; // Draw directly on the chart.
}
}

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
if (CurrentBar < 1)
return; // Ensure there is at least one previous bar to compare with.

// Calculate the difference in lows between the current bar and the previous bar.
double difference = Low[0] - Low[1];

// Convert the difference from points to the number of ticks.
int ticksDifference = (int)(difference / TickSize);

// Use the absolute value for display.
int absTicksDifference = Math.Abs(ticksDifference);

// Convert the absolute ticks difference to a vertical text string.
string verticalText = String.Join("\n", absTicksDifference.ToString().ToCharArray());

// Calculate the position for the text based on the low of the current bar minus the vertical offset in pixels.
double textPosition = Low[0] - (TickSize * VerticalOffset);

// Set the color based on whether the original ticks difference is negative
Brush textColor = ticksDifference < 0 ? Brushes.Red : Brushes.Black;

// Draw the vertical text at the calculated position.
Draw.Text(this, "diffText" + CurrentBar, verticalText, 0, textPosition, textColor);
}
}
}&#8203;