Apologies if this has been discussed before but I have tried a search and not found the result I was looking for.

I am tired of having to calculate 5 decimal places into a bond value (I know it can be truncated with '.ToString(".00")') when looking at indicator values or the market analyzer. eg I draw a line at today's open and the value is displayed as 128.69 instead of 128'23 (I can convert the analyzer fields in excel once they're there) .

Is there C# / NT code for converting the decimals to the right bond value? (To be displayed on a chart say the Value of an SMA. I know I will have to 'Round2TickSize')

It is done for Sierra Charts - hint **yes I'm getting fed up with minor annoyances in NT and am now looking else where** - and it is displayed correctly in the chart axis for NT - why not the indicators?

Try something like this. ( From Ninjatrader forum )

 

Code

public override string FormatPriceMarker(double price) { double trunc = Math.Truncate(price); int fraction = Convert.ToInt32(320 * Math.Abs(price - trunc) - 0.0001); // rounding down for ZF and ZT string priceMarker = ""; if (TickSize == 0.03125) { fraction = fraction/10; if (fraction < 10) priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'0" + fraction.ToString(); else priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'" + fraction.ToString(); } else if (TickSize == 0.015625 || TickSize == 0.0078125) { if (fraction < 10) priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'00" + fraction.ToString(); else if (fraction < 100) priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'0" + fraction.ToString(); else priceMarker = trunc.ToString() + "'" + fraction.ToString(); } else priceMarker = price.ToString(Gui.Globals.GetTickFormatString(TickSize)); return priceMarker; }

Thanks traderwerks - now for a session of cut and paste on some indys. What else are weekends for ?