PkPriceAlert2 for NT7 - need help

June 7th, 2010, 10:51 AM

Todd

Z,

Pk2 is working fine for me right now.

I think a thread on alert codes would be great.

I've noticed that pk2 does not work in market replay, at all. Have you noticed that?

Todd

Have not noticed as I am usually practicing flow trading in replay. Not going to look at this until after beta 17 is out.

But the idea of an alert thread is just what is needed to take this to the next level of coding NT7 indicators. I hope Zondor would participate, maybe TheWizard also? His alerts are great, I'm using a modified version of one of his on an MACD of the GOMCD. Has three alerts with cool sounds. Ray guns just went off.

June 15th, 2010, 08:56 PM

Anyone have an idea with the pk2 doesn't work in market replay in NT 7? I"m still using Beta 16 for now but I'm guessing that whatever is causing this problem in B16 also exists in B17.

June 19th, 2010, 12:03 PM

Todd,

The new talking indicators in the thread started by Zondor work in Replay with NT7Beta17.

The code in this tread can be adapted to many circumstances that can be described by conditional statements in indicators and strategies.

Just found a problem with this in Replay. If you run it at high speed (500X) the messages are queued up and take a while to clear. Did not cause a crash, but they continued for about 30 seconds after I paused Replay.

June 21st, 2010, 12:12 PM

Looks like this offers just the alert functionality NT needs.

Is there supposed to be audio when the alert triggers? I don't get the option to browse on the alert parameters, so I am not sure what exactly should be happening.

Thanks.

June 21st, 2010, 12:21 PM

Never mind - got it figured out.

Great job on this! Hard to believe that NT doesn't have something like this built in.

BTW - I would be interested in hearing the 'original' sound files if someone has them.

June 21st, 2010, 12:26 PM

There are 4 possible alerts:

Print goes to output window.
Alert goes to alert window
Alert also plays soundFileF (can be a soundless.wav for no alert sound)
Say speaks.

See Let's Teach NT to Talk.

Code

                            
//Price falling below the manually drawn Trend Line  
   if((Close[0]-currentY<0&&lastprice-currentY>=0))
 
   { Alert("Alert", Priority.High, InstrumentName+": $"+Close[0]+", Falling Below Trendline "+LineName, soundFileF, 1, Color.Red, Color.Yellow);
    Print("TrendLineCustom "+  InstrumentName+": $"+Close[0]+", Falling Below  "+LineName); 
    if(!under)Say ("crossing BELOW "+LineName);
    under=true;
   }

June 21st, 2010, 01:09 PM

Still messing around with this - does the alert not trigger if the chart/instrument are not active?

E.g., I am using an MA to track several instruments and I have been placing horizontal lines at trigger points. It seems like the alert is not triggering unless the instrument is displayed on the chart when the price crosses the line. Is this correct?

June 21st, 2010, 01:57 PM

Looks like that is the case... bummer.

I suppose there isn't a way to remedy this is there?

June 21st, 2010, 02:01 PM

Believe you must have the instrument on the chart, for there to be detection of the price crossing the indicator. But look at the MA cross in Let's Teach Ninja trader to talk thread. That looks at the MA fast/slow cross for the signal.

Code

                            
  if (!over && CrossAbove(fEMA, sEMA, 1))

            {

                Say("For the  " +Instrument.FullName+"  Contract, the "+_fast + " Period E M A,   just Crossed Over the " + _slow + " period E M A" );

                Print("MACross "+  InstrumentName+": $"+Close[0]+", Rising Above MA ");

                

                over=true; // only say it once per bar

June 21st, 2010, 02:36 PM

Is that limited to the displayed instruments as well?

PkPriceAlert2 for NT7 - need help

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