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Adding/Removing Indicators
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Adding/Removing Indicators
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NinjaTrader installs with over 100 prebuilt indicators. Indicators are added/removed and edited via the Indicators window. To access the Indicators window, from within a chart select the "Indicators" sub menu via the right mouse click context menu, the "Indicators" chart toolbar icon or use the shortcut keys CTRL-I.
Indicators Window
1. Available indicators
2. Current indicators applied to chart
3. Selected indicator's properties
Add Indicator
1. From the Indicators window, select an indicator and press the "Add" button or simply double click.
2. Once added to the list of applied indicators, you can now edit the indicators properties. Different indicators will have different editable properties. For the simple moving average indicator, we have the following properties:
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Auto scale |
If true, the indicator is part of the chart auto scaling |
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Calculate on bar close |
If true, will only calculate the indicator's value on the close of a bar else its calculated with each incoming tick |
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Displacement |
Displaces the plot back by this value (value of 2 would plot the current bar value -2 bars) |
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Display in Data Box |
If true, will display the indicator values in the chart Data Box |
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Label |
The label displayed on the chart (leaving blank will remove the label display in the chart) |
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Panel |
Which panel the indicator is plotted on |
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Price marker(s) |
If true, the indicator value is plotted in the Y-axis |
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Period |
The number of periods used to calculate indicator values |
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Price type |
Data point used as input for calculating indicator values |
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Color |
The color of the indicator plot |
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Dash style |
The style of the plot (solid, dash, dot etc...) |
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Line width |
Width of the plot |
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Plot style |
The type of plot used (line, bar etc...) |
3. Once you have set the indicator properties, press the "OK" button to apply and close the Indicators window or, press the "Apply" button to keep the Indicators window open and apply your new indicator.
Remove Indicator
1. From the Indicators window, select an indicator from the applied indicators list
2. Press the "Remove" button
3. Press "OK" or "Apply"