Reading tags from the Drawing Objects

[Graci117]

I want to create a strategy that can read the DrawingObjects text or arrows and be used to enter or exit a trade.
For example - If the DrawingObject has a tag 'GoingUp111', the strategy would read this tag and enter a long condition untll there is a another tag 'GoingDown242' or a target. Of course the numbers would be ignored.
It could also be that I really don't want to enter a trade based on the tag, but filter the strategy based on a tag.
For example - I have MA cross which is a buy signal. I would only buy if the last tag on the DrawingObject is 'GoingUpxxxx'

If there are examples that would be really appreciated. Thanks!!

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello Graci117,

That is possible however that is only possible in an unlocked/manually coded strategy and will only work in realtime.

There is a sample of how to access the chart objects and also get their tag in the following page: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...rawobjects.htm

For your idea you would also need to make a list of the objects you have already used so that when you loop over the collection you can ignore the no longer relevant objects. I don't have a specific sample of using a List in this way but using lists in C# is a pretty straightforward task and there are many examples of using lists in regard to C# that you can view online.