Show Candles in Multiple Timeframes

[Gerik]

Hello,

I have a 1-minute chart and I've also added a 60-minute data series. Currently, NinjaTrader is plotting the 1-minute candles.

Now, I would like to visually represent the 60-minute bars as rectangles in the background to better see the higher timeframe context. Can I achieve this by drawing rectangles directly on the chart?

What would you recommend as the best-practice approach to accomplish this clearly and efficiently?

Thank you very much in advance for your advice!

Kind regards, Gerik

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Gerik,

It may make more sense to directly add the 60 minute series in the Data Series window from the chart.
This will ensure that there are spaces reserved for the bars to render in.

You can custom render rectangles in OnRender().

Below are links to the Desktop SDK.

https://developer.ninjatrader.com/docs/desktop/rendering

https://developer.ninjatrader.com/docs/desktop/sharpdx_direct2d1_rendertarget_fillrectangle

Below are links to User App Share scripts that custom render rectangles as bars you can use as examples.

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/user-app-share-download/spread-indicator-with-candlesticks-2/

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/user-app-share-download/advance-decline/