Plot a line above or bellow price

[Ben989]

My stops are certain amount of ticks either bellow or above the current price.
I did that very easily in ninjatrader 7
If Falling = False ( that means the bars are going up ) then draw a dot on current bar at high-8 ticks.
Same but opposite for the short stops.

It works perfect but...

when I tried to do the same exact thing in ninjatrader 8 it did not work - did not plot anything ( i did enable the strategy ).

Huge thank you in advance.

Any idea why ?

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello Ben989,

Thank you for your post.

Could you supply a code sample of how you're trying to draw the dot?

Do you receive any errors relating to the script in the Log tab of the Control Center?

Thanks in advance; I look forward to assisting you further.

[Ben989]

Thank you so much.
I am attaching the ninja 7 working double side strategy and the ninja 8 one thaat does not plot anything

[Ben989]

I am not getting any errors, it just does not plot anything.
This is a great strategy for everyone who wants to plot their stops an X amount of ticks either bellow or above the High/Low of the current price.

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello Ben989,

Thank you for your reply.

I noticed after changing the color of the dot it draws that it did actually plot a single dot - this is because you aren't giving a unique tag to each dot drawn. The NinjaTrader 7 version uses CurrentBar to accomplish this within its tag name and you can do the same in NinjaTrader 8 - add another set to the Tag Name for the Dot that has Misc > CurrentBar set for its value to make each tag unique.

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.

[Ben989]

Dear Kate
You are amazing, thank you so much, this is an incredible support.
I will do what you suggested .
HUGE THANKS
Ben

[Ben989]

Hi Kate
I tried to do what you said but failed, could you please please please elaborate a little more. HUGE THANK YOU in advance.

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello Ben989,

Thank you for your reply.

Sure! You'd want to adjust the Tag field for your dot drawing object to look like this:



Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.

[Ben989]

Hi Kate
Thank you so much, Your support is incredible- I will do that later today- this is a huge help.
HUGE THANK YOU.

[Ben989]

Hi Kate
I did what you suggested but still dont get the dots- any idea what am i doing wrong ?

Thanks again

Ben

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello Ben989,

Thank you for your reply.

You've exported this as a compiled assembly, so I'm unable to view your code. Please try exporting again, making sure not to check the "Export as a Compiled Assembly" box, then attach the resulting .zip file to your reply.

Thanks in advance; I look forward to assisting you further.

[Ben989]

so sorry-
i noticed that i am getting only 1 dot instead of a dot for every bar, also the location is wrong- i put 8 ticks bellow the current bar high and it plots one dot somewhere lol.
Again Huge Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello Ben989,

Thank you for your reply.

You've just typed in CurrentBar[0] into the field. You need to click the Set button on the right of the field and select Current Bar from the Misc folder.

From what I can see they do look like they're plotting in the proper place, however - to do 8 ticks below, you'd need to set it to -8 ticks from the current high.

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.

[Ben989]

Thanks again Kate- do it all but still no dots - no idea why- it was so easy on ninja 7 took me a minute, sorry for all the bothering but would not be able to do that without your help.
here is the updated version- where i chose currentbar[0] from the drop down menu and put -8 ticks at the Y.

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello Ben989,

Thank you for your reply.

The dots were actually plotting, you just had it set to be the High[0] + (High[0] + (-8 * TickSize)) for the offset, so they were plotting outside the viewable bounds of the screen. I've corrected that and they should plot 8 ticks below the bar high now.

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.