Copy-Paste Function of Trend Line

[rickr]

When I copy/paste the trendline it is not parallel . . . I have disabled the snap function and get the same result. Any suggestions ?

Thx, RickR

[NinjaTrader_PatrickG]

This is a common symptom of copying a drawing object which has one or more 'anchor points' beyond the current time/bar data. Does this symptom persist if you copy+paste a drawing object which has all anchor points within the existing data?

[rickr]

So this is something we have to live with ? Is it a bug that can be fixed with code ?

I realize I can use a Ray but prefer a line for short swings . . .

Thx Rick

[NinjaTrader_PatrickG]

This is not a bug, per se. All drawing objects must necessarily have an X and Y coordinate which correspond with time and price. When you draw an object into the future, particularly on a non-time based interval like volume or range, the X/time coordinate is estimated. When you copy+paste an object, that estimate is then recalculated. There is no way to 'fix' this via NinjaScript coding.

[User1104]

NinjaTrader_PatrickG is bang on, however if you load up your chart historical data based on days (say 100 days of past data) and then draw all your chart marketings, when you go up or down a time frame or when you copy/paste they will always have the ability to draw the x+y data points so you'll never hit this issue.

The downside is you'll take a bit of a performance hit because doping from 60 to a 30m chart means your loading up twice the data so could take longer to change between charts.

Please correct me if i'm wrong but that should solve your issue?

[rickr]

Thanks for your assistance

[carmelscene]

I am having this same issue but even with using historical data so the time points are fixed. Is there way to fix this?

[NinjaTrader_PatrickG]

Please provide the exact steps needed to reproduce what you're reporting. If you have the ability to record a video, that would be even better. I like to use Techsmith Capture to quickly record and share videos.