How to determine from which chart an order has been submitted

[trendisyourfriend]

Hi,

For orders submitted via the Chart Trader buttons can we determine from which chart they originate?

For example, if i have a strategy running on two ES charts (1 minute and 5 minute interval) and i click on one of the button on the Chart Trader panel, is there a way for the strategy to determine on which chart the order was submitted? the 1 or 5 minute chart?

Using the OnOrderUpdate event handler which will trigger on both instances of the strategy, i can only determine the instrument and account to which the order belongs. I'd like to know the chart and interval on which the order was placed to adjust the stop and target accordingly.

Thanks for any help

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello trendisyourfriend,

There wouldn't be any supported or documented approach I could recommend.

I'm not sure how this would be approached even with unsupported code.. Perhaps you could have an indicator attached to each chart that adds an event handler to the buttons which sets the chart owner id to a static class? Then a addon would read the static class and monitor the order updates?

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/add-on-development/1068643-any-way-to-access-the-unique-id-identifier-of-chart-window

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/historical-beta-archive/version-8-beta/83018-partial-class-does-not-work?p=712245#post712245

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/orderupdate.htm

This thread will remain open for any community members that would like to assist with the unsupported code.

[UltraNIX]

I can think of a way. And a very simple one. Given that you have 2 Data series in your code, i.e. (BarsInProgress == 0 or BarInProgress == 1), then I would set an entry name based on BarsInProgress, like

if (BarsInProgress == 0)
EnterLong("1 min entry");

[trendisyourfriend]

I can think of a way. And a very simple one. Given that you have 2 Data series in your code, i.e. (BarsInProgress == 0 or BarInProgress == 1), then I would set an entry name based on BarsInProgress, like

if (BarsInProgress == 0)
EnterLong("1 min entry");

That's not what i am looking for since the order will be submitted via one of the buttons which is located on the Chart Trader panel and further more in my scenario we have two charts not two data series.

[trendisyourfriend]

About the buttons which are located in the Chart Trader panel, can we detect their click event in a strategy?

Hello trendisyourfriend,

There wouldn't be any supported or documented approach I could recommend.

I'm not sure how this would be approached even with unsupported code.. Perhaps you could have an indicator attached to each chart that adds an event handler to the buttons which sets the chart owner id to a static class? Then a addon would read the static class and monitor the order updates?

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/add-on-development/1068643-any-way-to-access-the-unique-id-identifier-of-chart-window

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/historical-beta-archive/version-8-beta/83018-partial-class-does-not-work?p=712245#post712245

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/orderupdate.htm

This thread will remain open for any community members that would like to assist with the unsupported code.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello trendisyourfriend,

Yes, this is possible.

The SampleWPFModifications reference sample demonstrates this with 'Use case #6: Modify existing chart trader buttons variables'.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/creating-chart-wpf-(ui)-modifi.htm

[trendisyourfriend]

@Chelsea B.

I have studied the SampleWPFModifications and there is one thing i can't understand and would appreciate your help.
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In the sample within this function
protected void CreateWPFControls() {...}

There are two grids which are created to hold 4 buttons:
upperButtonsGrid = new Grid(); // <- Button 1 and Button 2 will go into this grid
lowerButtonsGrid = new Grid(); // <- Button 3 and Button 4 will go into this grid

Then columns are defined and added to each grid accordingly

Then an Array variable is used to hold the four Button objects 1 to 4

These buttons are added to both upperButtonsGrid and lowerButtonsGrid using this script

Grid.SetColumn(chartTraderCustomButtonsArray[1], 2);
// add button3 to the lower grid
Grid.SetColumn(chartTraderCustomButtonsArray[2], 0);
// add button4 to the lower grid
Grid.SetColumn(chartTraderCustomButtonsArray[3], 2);
for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
upperButtonsGrid.Children.Add(chartTraderCustomBut tonsArray[i]);
for (int i = 2; i < 4; ++i)
lowerButtonsGrid.Children.Add(chartTraderCustomBut tonsArray[i]);

The part i don't understand is why we only find 3 lines to place Buttons 2, 3 and 4
and no line to set in which column to place Button 1.

I would have thought something like this would be needed:
Grid.SetColumn(chartTraderCustomButtonsArray[0], 0);

I have published the whole script of this function here as it is easier to read because of the syntax highlithing.
See lines 70-74.

Thank you

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello trendisyourfriend,

When no grid row or column is set, it defaults to 0, which is where button 1 needs to be. It doesn't need to be moved to a different column or row.