Using Indicator Time Series (N Edition Only)

Introduction to Indicators in Quagensia N Edition (For NinjaTrader®)

FAQ: Yes, NinjaTrader’s OrderFlow+ Cumulative Delta and OrderFlow+ VWAP are supported!

Indicator time series are called “indicators” in the NinjaTrader® user interface.

Quagensia® N Edition allows you to plot NinjaTrader® indicators on the chart to which your strategy is attached, and allows your strategy’s logic to access the numeric values of the plot or plots of NinjaTrader® indicators for both the current bar and previous bars.

Most NinjaTrader® indicators have only one plot, but some indicators such as bands, channels, envelopes, and oscillators can have more than one plot.

Plotting NinjaTrader® Indicators on Secondary Price Bars

It is not straightforward to plot a standard, unmodified indicator such as those that come with NinjaTrader®, on a secondary price bar data series using the standard indicator plotting technique in NinjaScript®.

Plotting and Using the Values of Moving Averages Based on Secondary Price Bars (NinjaTrader® Strategy)

If a third-party NinjaTrader® indicator or custom NinjaTrader® indicator works correctly in the NinjaTrader® Strategy Builder (which is built into NinjaTrader®) and in strategies built with the NinjaTrader® Strategy Builder, then you will most likely be able to import it into Quagensia N Edition and use it without code.

If a third-party NinjaTrader® indicator or custom NinjaTrader® indicator works correctly in the NinjaTrader® Strategy Builder (which is built into NinjaTrader®) and in strategies built with the NinjaTrader® Strategy Builder, then you will most likely be able to get it into Quagensia N Edition and use it without code. Specifically, if you can plot your NinjaTrader® indicator and use its values to make buy and sell decisions from a NinjaTrader® strategy you created in the NinjaTrader® Strategy Builder (which is built into NinjaTrader®) then you should be able to do the same thing without code in Quagensia N Edition (and much more) once you get your NinjaTrader® indicator into Quagensia N Edition.

To be able to use a custom NinjaTrader® indicator inside of Quagensia N Edition, it must pass the following three tests:

1. You can see the indicator in the NinjaTrader® Strategy Builder, you can choose to plot it in a strategy, and can use its values to make buy & sell decisions in the strategy whose code it generated.
2. The NinjaTrader® strategy that the NinjaTrader® Strategy Builder generates actually compiles. Note that just because the NinjaTrader® Strategy Builder lets you use an indicator to build a strategy doesn’t mean that the NinjaTrader® strategy it generates will compile.
3. When you run a backtest of the NinjaTrader® strategy that the NinjaTrader® Strategy Builder generates, no runtime errors occur, you can see the indicator on the chart, and using the values of the indicator’s single-plot or multi-plot outputs to make buy & sell decisions actually works.

If your indicator passes the three tests above, then you will most likely be able to get your NinjaTrader® indicator into Quagensia N Edition.

You can quickly import your third-party NinjaTrader® indicators, custom NinjaTrader® indicators, and enhanced versions of the NinjaTrader® indicators built into Quagensia® N Edition, as long as they are currently supported by Quagensia N Edition, by following the quick and easy steps in the tutorial video below: