Indicator.IsCreatedByStrategy

[cutzpr]

I would like to know if an indicator is being called from within a strategy or not but it doesn't seem to be working.


From within the indicator I am checking like so below and it prints when I add the indicator to the chart independently but doesn't recognize when added via a Strategy.

from within a Strategy within State. Dataloaded

if(this.IsCreatedByStrategy)
Print("Created by strategy");
else
Print("Independently added");

I also tried from within the Strategy within State. Dataloaded and it also doesn't recognize that it was loaded by a strategy

AddChartIndicator(indi);
if(indi.IsCreatedByStrategy)
Print("indi Created by strategy");
else
Print("indi NOT Created by by strategy");

[ttodua]

You might try:

Print (Parent.GetType()) to find out the caller. then you can compare : `if (Parent == Strategy...)`

I have been searching a lot for this in the past, and this was my solution for similar cases.

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello cutzpr, thanks for your post.

IsCreatedByStrategy is not documented, so there is no guarantee it will work or was meant to be used in NinjaScript. How is the indicator being used in the strategy? You can make the indicator call Update() to force its OnBarUpdate function to be called e.g. from the strategies OnBarUpdate:

private TestIndicator TI;
...
else if (State == State.DataLoaded)
{
TI = TestIndicator();
}
...
protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
TI.Update();
}

Please let me know if this does not resolve your inquiry.