If I wanted to take a ELD code say from a Trade Station indicator and convert it to a Ninja code how do I do that. If it can be done at all.

Thanks
Hector

 

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hector24 

If I wanted to take a ELD code say from a Trade Station indicator and convert it to a Ninja code how do I do that. If it can be done at all. Thanks Hector

You would write the code from scratch in Ninja using the EL code as a template.

If by your post you mean there is some kind of import method, or conversion tool, there is not.

Mike

Thanks Big Mike, is there a particular start and ending coding that I need to put in for Ninja. I have no experience at all in coding and was interested in a couple of indicators but are Trade Station coding.

Thanks
Hector

hector24 

Thanks Big Mike, is there a particular start and ending coding that I need to put in for Ninja. I have no experience at all in coding and was interested in a couple of indicators but are Trade Station coding. Thanks Hector

The easiest way to do it is to edit an existing NinjaTrader indicator, save it under a new name and then modify it. NinjaTrader coding is not easy as Easy Language coding. There are a few things necessary to understand:

Variables section

Declaration of all variables needed.

Initialize section

This section is compiled when NinjaTrader is started, so this part of the indicator is alsoexecuted, when the indicator is not used on a chart. This is used to initialize plots and dataseries objects. There are some further methods that can be used here:

CalculateOnBarClose -> If true, the indicator will only be calculated after the frist tick of the next bar has been registered. If you set it to false, the indicator will be calculated with each incoming tick. Only set indicators to CalculateOnBarClose = false, if you need the real-time update with every tick, because it is CPU intensive.

Overlay -> If true, the indicator will be displayed on the main panel of the chart, if false it will be displayed on another panel.

OnStartUp()

On StartUp is called only once before OnBarUpdate() is executed. Typically you would use it to affect values to variables or check for specific conditions, if this check needs to be done only once,

OnBarUpdate()

This part of the code is executed with each incoming bar. Please be aware that

-> historical bars are made up from a single tick
-> real-time bars may have many ticks

If you use recursive algorithms, make sure that you use them only once per bar. The index for the current bar is stored in the Variable CurrentBar.

Properties

Required fields to allow for input and output of data.

To code NinjaScript indicators, you should at least work through one book for Visual C#.

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Thanks
Hector

Hector

Your question is a bit like "how long is a piece of string"

Converting ELD to Ninja ain't hard but if the code you are converting is one of Ehlers machinations, then it'll take a while.

Can you post the code to be converted here? If so - I can take a look & give you some specific pointers.

Cheers

Pete

Thanks Pete, I will get the code and post it for you to look at.

Thanks
Hector