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 sgjohnson 
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Is it possible to build a strategy using data or alert status from a closed-source indicator? I can see the data point I need in the data window on the chart. Of course I don't know if that's the name given in the code or the actual variable name.

If I add open-source indicators are all the methods, functions, etc. automatically listed in the dictionary in TDE? Where would they be located?

Do I just need to email the developer of the indicator and ask them to open the source?


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sgjohnson,

you will not be able to access values from an indicator by default. The best approach might be to have the developer create a function for you that provides the values. Functions can be called from within a strategy or other functions and they can be closed code, too.

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ABCTG


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Is it possible to build a strategy using data or alert status from a closed-source indicator? I can see the data point I need in the data window on the chart. Of course I don't know if that's the name given in the code or the actual variable name.

If I add open-source indicators are all the methods, functions, etc. automatically listed in the dictionary in TDE? Where would they be located?

Do I just need to email the developer of the indicator and ask them to open the source?


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