Rectangle box that sums the volume

[yertle]

Hi,

I want to draw a rectangle box on the chart and have it tell me how much volume is within the box.
How do i do this?

the Orderflow volume profile tool is locked to the highest & lowest bar in a range.
I want to build something that doesn't have that restriction.

Are there any examples?
Thanks,

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello yertle,

Thank you for your post.

Using a drawing tool (or creating your own) would be a way to accomplish this. DrawingTools typically have anchors that let you know what bars the drawing is anchored to (start and end points). You can create use a loop to iterate through the start and end index to sum the volumes of the bars within that range.

Unfortunately I am not aware of any similar examples available.

Below is a forum post that describes a similar concept:

https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/ninjatrader-8/indicator-development/1279579-let-user-select-an-area-draw-a-box-so-that-i-can-get-the-limits-the-box