Changing or customizing menus

[ralett]

I am using NT8 and wondering if there is a way to customize the pop-up menus.

Specifically, I use Chart Trader with ATM strategies. I open 5 contract orders with a fixed stop and multiple "take profit" levels automatically placed when the order fills via ATM.

I place my orders typically as buy stop market or sell stop market orders at a specific price level. I do this by clicking on the chart with the right mouse button and then selecting the order type from the pop-up menu. NT8 opens the buy stop market or sell stop market order at the price level the mouse is pointing to when the menu gets opened.

The problem is that this menu has about 25 commands in six different sections (most of which I never use) which makes it a large menu and slow (for me) to navigate. When price is moving fast, it is difficult to navigate this menu and get the order placed before price moves past my desired entry level.

Ideally, I would like this menu to open with just the section of order entry commands showing and nothing else. This would result in just four commands in the menu. Is that possible?

I'm open to other quick ways for placing a multi-contract ATM orders at a specific price level. However, I am using an indicator that marks suggested entry price levels on the chart so I really need a quick way to place buy or sell stop market orders by just clicking the chart.

Thanks in advance!

[NinjaTrader_Heath]

Hello Ralett,

Thank you for your post.

Currently this is not an option that is available in NinjaTrader. However, I've added your vote to the feature request for this for our development team to review.

The internal tracking number for your feature request is SFT-3175. Please reference this internal tracking number if you ever have questions regarding this feature request.

When a feature request is implemented, you'll find it in the release notes:

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...ease_notes.htm


Thank you for your suggestion.

[ralett]

Heath, thanks for the reply. I have found a 3rd party add on that meets my need. I'll describe how it works as it would be a great feature to add.

The add on is called "ClickTrade". It works with chart trader and ATM. It allows you to place your mouse on the chart, hold the shift key (or crt or alt, its configurable) and click your left mouse button to place a trade right on the chart. It places buy/sell stop or buy/sell limit orders based on which key you hold down and where your mouse is relative to the current price. For example, shift+left click above the price and it places a buy stop order, shift+left click below the price and it places a buy limit order. Same for sell orders, alt+click places the order on the chart.

As I said, t works with ATM so when the order fills it executes the ATM selected ATM strategy.

Sweet!

[NgoLimit]

ralett - Can you please provide the URL to get the indicator - ClickTrade? Thanks!

[ralett]

https://www.theindicatorclub.com/product/click-trader/