Hi all. I've recently completed my first usable custom indicator with NT7. I now want to connect this to a strategy, mostly so I can easily back test the success rate of the indicator. The indicator currently draws a vertical green line to show when buy criteria are met, and a vertical red line when sell criteria are met. Using the following code:

DrawVerticalLine("GoingShort "+ CurrentBar, 0, Color.Red);

When I attempt to implement this into a strategy it doesn't notice the vertical lines exist. Based on experience what is the best way to augment the code so that it will also send a usable buy signal to a strategy?

AA Ron 

Hi all. I've recently completed my first usable custom indicator with NT7. I now want to connect this to a strategy, mostly so I can easily back test the success rate of the indicator. The indicator currently draws a vertical green line to show when buy criteria are met, and a vertical red line when sell criteria are met. Using the following code: DrawVerticalLine("GoingShort "+ CurrentBar, 0, Color.Red); When I attempt to implement this into a strategy it doesn't notice the vertical lines exist. Based on experience what is the best way to augment the code so that it will also send a usable buy signal to a strategy?

One way is to set a public boolean in your indicator at the time it draws the vertical line which your strategy would then use to know when to place the appropriate buy or sell order.

trendwaves 

One way is to set a public boolean in your indicator at the time it draws the vertical line which your strategy would then use to know when to place the appropriate buy or sell order.

I use the same thing as trendwaves except I use an int, and have it set to 0 when it's neutral, then when it gets a buy I set it to a 1 and when it gets a sell signal I set it to a -1.