Drawing text

[stewarco]

I'm trying to draw some text labels on my chart, but I'm unable to see them.

For example, the following code draws the down arrow, but I don't see any text. I also tried replacing the ChartControl.Properties.ChartText with a regular color, but that didn't seem to make any difference.

Draw.ArrowDown(this, CurrentBar.ToString(), true, 0, High[0] + TickSize, Brushes.DodgerBlue);
Draw.Text(this, CurrentBar.ToString()+"Text", "high", 10, 1000, ChartControl.Properties.ChartText);

Any idea what I'm missing here?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello stewarco,

Thanks for your post.

This statement: Draw.Text(this, CurrentBar.ToString()+"Text", "high", 10, 1000, ChartControl.Properties.ChartText); will draw the word high 10 bars ago (from the current bar) at a price level of 1000.

To match the draw arrow location try: Draw.Text(this, CurrentBar.ToString()+"Text", "high", 0, High[0] + 6 * TickSize, Brushes.DodgerBlue);

You may need to increase the number of ticks above the high to clear the arrow.

[stewarco]

thanks that worked!