"Internal" NT8 Charts

[jcls123]

Hello,

I plan on developing an indicator which will need values from another chart than the chart it is placed on. It will need to gather data from the same instrument, but a different chart type from a custom indicator/chart type (Mean Renko). How would one best do this?

Thanks in advance

[NinjaTrader_AlanP]

Hello Jcls123,

Thank you for writing in.

To have an indicator which will have values calculated off another chart or a different data series, you should use a secondary data series.

The secondary data series for bar type Renko would be the following and added to under (State==State.Configure) and use the syntax outlined at the following link,

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?addrenko.htm

If there were other parameters for the renko that need to be configured, please see tip 3 at the following link,

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?adddataseries.htm

I have provided a link to our helpguide covering multi-timeframe which covers using secondary data series,

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?multi-time_frame__instruments.htm

I’ve also provided a reference example which uses a secondary data series to calculate values,

http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3572

Please let us know if you need further assistance.