Can anyone provide a code snippet to get the value of a specified account in an Indicator.
It's a doddle in a strategy but I require it in an indicator and can't seem to get it

Have you tried adding following declaration to your indicator code:

using NinjaTrader.Cbi;
using NinjaTrader.Strategy;

Thanks Gregid - tried that - makes no difference seemingly.

Mindset 

Can anyone provide a code snippet to get the value of a specified account in an Indicator. It's a doddle in a strategy but I require it in an indicator and can't seem to get it

I recall that question on the NT Forums being answered by support staff as 'the info wasnt available to indicators' ... I made a request that it should ... I have yet to see any of my requests showup in NT

Jon

Displaying account equity and margin in Market Analyzer - NinjaTrader Support Forum

They must have an awfully long list of stuff to add to NT - it's rare to get anything actually done about these requests.
Just think a trading platform where you can't get access to your account balances in an indicator.....must have taken some designing that.

Don't know if it helps but I run a custom method in a risk management strat that looks at global PnL (and a bunch of other things). Here is the method code. The variables should be pretty easy to figure out. If not I can point you to the full strat over in the Elite section.

 

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#region AccountMonitor() private void AccountMonitor() // Custom method to monitor the cash account balance. This should be considered as a LAST line of defense and not a suggested way to monitor session P&L. // Note this is tied to the 5 min bar series. {//Open AccountMonitor()   buyingpower = GetAccountValue(AccountItem.BuyingPower); realPnL = GetAccountValue(AccountItem.RealizedProfitLoss); cashValue = GetAccountValue(AccountItem.CashValue);   switch(acctType) { case(AccountType.CashValue): { currentAccountValue = GetAccountValue(AccountItem.CashValue); break; } case(AccountType.BuyingPower): { currentAccountValue = GetAccountValue(AccountItem.BuyingPower); break; } } if (BarsInProgress == 1 && FirstTickOfBar && printCurrentAccountValue) { Print(DateTime.Now + " " + Account.Name + " Current Account Value: $" + Math.Round(currentAccountValue, 2));   /* //You can use this code block to see what type of account information your provider supports Print(Account.Name + " Buying Power: $" + buyingpower); Print(Account.Name + " Realized P&L: $" + realPnL); Print(Account.Name + " Cash Value: $" + cashValue); */ }   if (BarsInProgress == 1 && applyAccountMonitor && currentAccountValue == 0) { Print(DateTime.Now + " ERROR: AccountMonitor() returns 0 for CurrentAccountValue"); if (alertsWindow) Alert("accountzero", NinjaTrader.Cbi.Priority.Medium, "CurrentAccountValue = 0", "Alert1", 10, Color.Yellow, Color.White); }   if (BarsInProgress == 1 && applyAccountMonitor && FirstTickOfBar) {   if (currentAccountValue <= openingAccountValue -((maxAccountLoss/100)*openingAccountValue))// Note this is tied to the 5 min bar series { Print(""); Print("!!!!FLATTEN EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"); Print(DateTime.Now + " SYSTEM MONITOR: Global Loss Limit Exceeded!"); Print("Opening Account value: $" + openingAccountValue); Print("Current Account Value: $" + currentAccountValue);  if (alertsWindow) Alert("globalloss", NinjaTrader.Cbi.Priority.High, "Global Loss Limit Exceeded", "triple_klaxon.wav", 10, Color.Red, Color.White); if (logAlerts) Log("SystemMonitor: Global Loss Limit Exceeded", NinjaTrader.Cbi.LogLevel.Error); Print("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"); Print(""); GetFlat(); } } }//Close Account Monitor #endregion

MXASJ - thanks, but you still run into the issue that GetAccountValue() simply doesn't exist in an indicator - only in a strategy for some bizarre reason.

Mindset 

MXASJ - thanks, but you still run into the issue that GetAccountValue() simply doesn't exist in an indicator - only in a strategy for some bizarre reason.

Yep. Global PnL is my workaround. There are some other "Utility" methods in Ninja that don't work in both Strats and Indis. PrintWithTimeStamp(), for example, only works in Strats IIRC.

Mindset 

MXASJ - thanks, but you still run into the issue that GetAccountValue() simply doesn't exist in an indicator - only in a strategy for some bizarre reason.

I have several indicators that have needed info only available in the strategy... I just have the strat pass the info to the indicator.

This code is in my EquityCurve Indicator

 

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public void setEC(double val) { this.ec = val; this.Update(); } /// <summary> /// Called on each bar update event (incoming tick) /// </summary> protected override void OnBarUpdate() { PlotEC.Set(ec); }

And then in the strategy, in the OnBarUpdate:

 

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ecInd.setEC(Performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Currency.CumProfit);