ChartTrader & Order Button size - width

February 23rd, 2012, 09:10 AM

futuretrader

@TMFT,

I have the same question as monpere regarding the Close button. Also, are you using monpere's method of passing orders to a strategy via the clipboard, or something else?

The other approach I'd thought of is to rework the ChartTrader itself and invoke the eventhandlers associated with its buttons to submit orders. But that would limit the order types to Buy Market, Buy Bid etc.

I've recently been using a simpler way to communicate between the indicator and strategy using a public class declared outside of the strategy namespace, as follows:

In the Strategy, I have:

//###
//### Global Command
//###
public class TradeManager_Global {
public static string command = "";
}

//###
//### Main Strategy
//###
namespace NinjaTrader.Strategy
{
... Main strategy code ...
}

In my Indicator code, I have:

TradeManager_Global.command = "Put your command here";

February 23rd, 2012, 09:21 AM

monpere

Is the close button on the chart trader the default close button from NT, or is it a button that you created in the chart trader, that tells the strategy to close the trade?

It is the default close button. I just moved it.

lolu

@ TMFT,

Have you read through this thread ? It may be of interest and maybe you can suggest (NOT code 'cos of your Med's advice) some codes that can take the bPTA indicator to a new level. I particularly initially had a challenge on the Close button implementation of bPTA 'cos the NT/Windows keyboard mapping setup does not conform with the keyboard combinations on my Mac machine, but I eventually got over it. Have a look @ my post here.

Lolu

I read through the thread but I don't understand what your indicator does. (The mind is the first thing to go when you get old... )

futuretrader

@TMFT,

I have the same question as monpere regarding the Close button. Also, are you using monpere's method of passing orders to a strategy via the clipboard, or something else?

The other approach I'd thought of is to rework the ChartTrader itself and invoke the eventhandlers associated with its buttons to submit orders. But that would limit the order types to Buy Market, Buy Bid etc.

I call a strategy from an indicator. It passes the info to the strategy which generates the orders and invokes the ATM strategy to handle the stops and targets.

Code

 #region Variables
        private NinjaTrader.Strategy.TMFTGuidedStrategy trader;
        private Button buyRange;
        private Button sellRange;

February 23rd, 2012, 09:33 AM

Code

 #region Variables
        private NinjaTrader.Strategy.TMFTGuidedStrategy trader;
        private Button buyRange;
        private Button sellRange;

.
Where and how do you define "NinjaTrader.Strategy.TMFTGuidedStrategy"?

February 23rd, 2012, 11:00 AM

ThatManFromTexas

I read through the thread but I don't understand what your indicator does. (The mind is the first thing to go when you get old... )

It is really not my indicator, it is @ terratec's. The thread is @ terratec's too.

The indicator does Order placement without any recourse to calling a Strategy and/or ATM Strategy. It places Market or Stop Orders with pre-defined Target(s) and SL(s); it does some Money Management too.

Lolu

February 23rd, 2012, 11:28 AM

monpere

Code

 #region Variables
        private NinjaTrader.Strategy.TMFTGuidedStrategy trader;
        private Button buyRange;
        private Button sellRange;

.
Where and how do you define "NinjaTrader.Strategy.TMFTGuidedStrategy"?

I created a strategy named TMFTGuidedStrategy the way you normally do and had the indicator pass the variables to it.

February 23rd, 2012, 04:17 PM

ThatManFromTexas

I created a strategy named TMFTGuidedStrategy the way you normally do and had the indicator pass the variables to it.

Cool idea, thanks. Does that strategy live only during the time the trade is open, and then dies once the trade closes? And also, can you still communicate with that strategy while the trade is open? For instance, one of the things I need to do is while a trade is open, and I am getting close to my target, or it's getting close to the end of the day, I want to press a button and tell the strategy to change it's current trailing stop scheme to a tighter trailing stop algorithm, and other similar on the fly trade management changes.

February 23rd, 2012, 04:39 PM

monpere

Cool idea, thanks. Does that strategy live only during the time the trade is open, and then dies once the trade closes? And also, can you still communicate with that strategy while the trade is open? For instance, one of the things I need to do is while a trade is open, and I am getting close to my target, or it's getting close to the end of the day, I want to press a button and tell the strategy to change it's current trailing stop scheme to a tighter trailing stop algorithm, and other similar on the fly trade management changes.

This was designed to allow me to use the push buttons for Range Bars. When I press a button the strategy is initiated and places the orders, the ATM strategy is invoked to manage the stops and targets , which allows me to manually drag the stops and targets to new locations and the ATM strategy will continue to monitor them at their new positions. When I press the close button, it closes all positions and all pending orders.

I don't use a trailing stop so I have never tried to change a trailing stop through the strategy. Sorry.

February 23rd, 2012, 05:58 PM

ThatManFromTexas

This was designed to allow me to use the push buttons for Range Bars. When I press a button the strategy is initiated and places the orders, the ATM strategy is invoked to manage the stops and targets , which allows me to manually drag the stops and targets to new locations and the ATM strategy will continue to monitor them at their new positions. When I press the close button, it closes all positions and all pending orders.

I don't use a trailing stop so I have never tried to change a trailing stop through the strategy. Sorry.

Thanks. By the way, I just recently found out that using unmanaged orders in a strategy, also allows you to move the stop and target orders like when you call ATM's from the strategy.

February 23rd, 2012, 06:14 PM

ThatManFromTexas

I call a strategy from an indicator. It passes the info to the strategy which generates the orders and invokes the ATM strategy to handle the stops and targets.

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Does the strategy get the ATM strategy to use directly from the ChartTrader setting?

@monpere, @ThatManFromTexas, thanks for all the info, it's very helpful.

February 24th, 2012, 02:33 AM

monpere

Thanks. By the way, I just recently found out that using unmanaged orders in a strategy, also allows you to move the stop and target orders like when you call ATM's from the strategy.

Bukkan wrote an entire order entry/management strategy that uses unmanaged orders and it worked well. I used the ATM so I wouldn't have to write so much code and it allows me to drag the stops and targets.

futuretrader

Does the strategy get the ATM strategy to use directly from the ChartTrader setting?

@monpere, @ThatManFromTexas, thanks for all the info, it's very helpful.

If I understand your question correctly, yes the strategy calls an ATM strategy that I setup "TMFT11". It takes the quantities and the Account number from the ChartTrader settings.

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