Indicator not showing in strategy analyzer

[Tyler803]

I'm trying to write an automated strategy based on the initial balance indicator by gemify. The indicator shows up on my charts but I don't see it available in strategy builder.

[NinjaTrader_Emily]

Hello Tyler803,

Thank you for your note.

For an indicator to be available in the Strategy Builder, it must have plots added via AddPlot(). There is a more in-depth breakdown of this here:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/indicator-development/1182243-exposing-the-wavetrend-indicator-for-strategy-builder?p=1182264#post1182264

When it comes to third-party indicators, we have a note in the help guide on the following page that discusses how it is up to the developer to decide which parts of their indicator are accessible from other scripts or not:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/using_3rd_party_indicators.htm

"It is important to understand the functionality provided or NOT provided in a 3rd party proprietary indicator. Just because they provide an indicator that displays a bullish or bearish trend on a chart does NOT mean that you can access this trend state from their indicator. It is up to the developer of the indicator to determine what information is accessible."

I suspect that the initial balance indicator does not have an added plot/public series that is shown in the Strategy Builder. You would need to reach out to the developer of the indicator for more information.

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