Attaching orders to indicators automatically

[ctgry8]

Hello,

Is there a way to attach an order to an indicator automatically, on the order being submitted?

Currently if I want to attach an order to an indicator, I'm submitting the working order, then right click -> choose the order -> attach to indicator -> properties, select the indicator from the drop down, confirm. This is quite a process in real-time.

In the order-entry hot keys setup, I can see I can setup a custom order that will be submitted referencing the bid or ask (e.g. buy stop market at the ask + 2 ticks). I would like to be able to do exactly this, except be submitted referencing an indicator (e.g. buy stop market at IndicatorXYZ + 2 ticks). Is this possible?

Regards

[NinjaTrader_RileyS]

ctgry8, thanks for the post and the feed back.

Unfortunately, it's not possible to add a hot key command to have an order attach to an indicator. This would require custom programming, however, I have submitted a feature request to our development team for consideration and the ID is SFT-2101.

[neoikon]

From your response, I understand that you cannot use a hotkey, however, is there anywhere in NinjaScript where you can attach an order to the indicator's plot?

In other words, if I build an indicator that outputs a button, then the indicator can find the order, then attach the order to a plot via a NT function call... does that function call exist? (I tried searching the NinjaScript language reference but came up empty.)

Thanks!

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello neoikon,

There is not a function for this, but you could create a script with custom coded logic that does this.

Your script would need to call the indicator value on each tick, then change the price of the order to the price of the indicator value.

To do this in an indicator you would need to place orders using the Addon account class.

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

[lmannn]

Hi - I am trying to do the same thing - I want to create a button on chart trader that moves my orders based on the attach to indicator properties - is there a template script you can provide that enables this?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello lmannn,

I am not aware of a way to use the built in attach function from code but you can use the addon framework to change orders. There is a sample of that concept here. The sample attaches a order to an indicator.


https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/ninjatrader-8/indicator-development/1135302-is-it-possible-to-attach-an-order-to-an-indicator-via-a-script?p=1135877#post1135877