Simple Place Order Strategy

[jrp2099]

Hello, I am a newbie to Strategies so any help is much appreciated. I would like to have a market or limit order placed when a proprietary indicator I own issues a long or short signal. Here is a screenshot with the Indicator and the Parameters of the Indicator. If you could point me in the right direction how to accomplish this, that would be great.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello jrp2099,

Thanks for your post.

First, please make sure you access the educational materials available for the Strategy Builder (assuming this is what you want to use, as a newbie, alternatively you can code directly in Ninjascript which is based on C#):
Free live webinar every other Thursday at 4:00 PM EST, through this link to all webinars: https://ninjatrader.com/PlatformTraining
Previous recording of the Strategy Builder 301 webinar: https://youtu.be/HCyt90GAs9k?list=PL...auWXkWe0Nf&t=2
Help guide for the strategy builder: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...gy_builder.htm

You would have to check with the indicator provider as to what values the "Long" and "short" signal plots actually produce and when they produce those values (At the time of the signal or???)

Once you know what values to expect and when, then in the Strategy builder, in the condition builder section, you would select the indicator folder and choose the custom indicator. In the parameters section under "Value Plot" you would select the Long or Short plot, then in the center select equals and on the right side of the condition builder you would chose Misc>Numeric Value and enter the expected value. Reference: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...lueComparisons

You may want to print out the values of these plots (if the vendor does not provide the information) or you may want to print out values for debugging purposes. Here is a link to a short video on how to construct a print statement to output values to the ninjascript output window: https://paul-ninjatrader.tinytake.co...NV8xMDk5MDc5Nw

[jrp2099]

Thanks Paul. I'll check with the vendor and work on your suggestions.