Fixed scale for indicator panels will not save in Ninjatrader 8

[Jim Shaw]

Hello,
I use two indicator panels on my charts that I use a fixed scale on with a minimum and maximum range on those panels. Not the price panel, I leave that one automatic, only the indicator panels. I can get everything set up just fine but I can't save the set up. I tried saving the chart as a template. When the template is loaded, everything is correct but the indicator panel scales go back to automatic. I also saved the workspace and again, everything is correct except the fixed scales on those indicator panels. There should be a way to save this, it is a bit of a pain to have to fix the scales manually every time I use NT8. I do not have this problem in NT7.

[NinjaTrader_DrewO]

Hello Jim,

Thanks for posting today.

So far I am seeing this same behavior on my end, and that this does not occur in NinjaTrader 7. In my testing, I am seeing that this does not occur with the Primary data series in the chart, but does occur with indicators in their own panel. I am doing some investigation on my end to get a better understanding of this item, and will follow up with further information.

[Jim Shaw]

Ok, thanks for investigating this. Hoping for a fix to this.

[Jim Shaw]

I don't know if this will help you track the bug down or not, but I also noticed that if you set up the indicator panels with fixed scales and then change the chart to another instrument, the fixed scales change back to automatic. This means you have to constantly keep setting the scales with every instrument you look at with that chart setup. I will keep using my NT7 for now as this is too much trouble. Hopefully this will be fixed in the next release.

[tradesmart]

...you have to constantly keep setting the scales with every instrument you look at with that chart setup. I will keep using my NT7 for now as this is too much trouble. Hopefully this will be fixed in the next release.

I posted this a few days ago:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=92084&goto=newpost

This is my workaround for the slippery Y-scale problem:

        public override void OnCalculateMinMax()
        {
            MinValue = 0.0 ;
            MaxValue = 4.7 ;
        }

[Jim Shaw]

Thank you tradesmart, I will add that to my indicator and give that a try!

[tradesmart]

One caveat: the "F" label indicating Fixed scale, will not appear as you'd normally expect from the experience of manual adjustment. So, even though the scale is indeed Fixed, the only visible evidence is the max/min of the scale itself.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Thanks for the pointers guys, we could hit that scenario cleanly in-house as well and have our QA investigate with development to take care as needed.

[Jim Shaw]

Thanks again for the workaround tradesmart, compiled it as an indicator, stuck it on my charts and it works great!

[JerryWar]

Let me add one Twist to this. When Starting Playback the Price Panel looses it's Fixed scale Setting. It doesn't change to automatic but Scrunches all my charts down. Its a real pain to keep having to re-adjust all the charts.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Thanks Jerry, appreciate the added scenario. I'll add that to our QA case to look into resolving.