Plot not showing in Strategy

[Airwave]

Hi all,

just wondering:

I've added a plot to a strategy and don't see why this plot isn't showing up in the chart.

Even it got values in OnBarUpdate() via:
AverageEntry[0] = 30000;


and i have in
(State == State.SetDefaults):
AddPlot(Brushes.Aqua, "AverageEntry");


and at the bottom of the strategy I have

[Browsable(false)]
[XmlIgnore]
public Series<double> AverageEntry
{
get { return Values[0]; }
}


In the databox I can seen, that the plot is set




What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello Airwave,

Thank you for the post.

Just to confirm, did you remove and re apply the strategy after adding the plot?

The other item which could make a plot not show up would be if you used OnRender, do you use OnRender in the strategy?

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[Airwave]

Just to confirm, did you remove and re apply the strategy after adding the plot?

Yes I did.

The other item which could make a plot not show up would be if you used OnRender, do you use OnRender in the strategy?

Yes exactly. I'm using this for screenshots like in your

TakeScreenshotAfterOrderAccepted.zip

example.

Tested to comment out OnRender Event. Yes, then the plot is showing up.
How can I get it shown with the OnRender event?

Thanks in advance.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello Airwave,

Thanks for confirming that.

If you used OnRender you very likely just need to add a call to the base class:

protected override void OnRender(ChartControl chartControl, ChartScale chartScale)
{
// call the base.OnRender() to ensure standard Plots work as designed
[B]base.OnRender(chartControl, chartScale);[/B]

// custom render logic
}

Can you confirm you have that as the first line in your OnRender?

That line can be commented out for scripts which should hide plots but still render.

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[Airwave]

Can you confirm you have that as the first line in your OnRender?

Great, that did the trick.

Now I can see the plot.

---

On additional question.

When a plot is 0, can I don't show the plot when it is 0?
So that I don't have this "jumps" in the chart?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello Airwave,

Thank you for the reply.

If the value you are setting to the plot is 0 and you don't need the 0 values for any purpose (strategy reading for signals) then you could use a condition before setting the plot:

if(myValue > 0)
Values[0][0] = myValue;

An alternative would be setting that plot to transparent


I look forward to being of further assistance.