BloodHound and BlackBird can use almost any NinjaTrader indicator, including ones you buy or download, as long as it shares its values the way NinjaTrader recommends.
Will an indicator work?
BloodHound reads an indicator’s plots and public Series<T> values, as NinjaTrader’s own indicators expose them. No special code is needed. But some vendors don’t want their indicators used for automation, and hide their values; others draw on the chart in ways other indicators can’t read. We can’t say in advance whether a particular indicator works, because we can’t see how it’s written.
How to test an indicator
- Try it in BloodHound. The free trial lets you test indicators before you buy.
- Try it in NinjaTrader’s Strategy Builder. If the Strategy Builder can read it, BloodHound can too. If neither can, it can’t be used for automation.
- Ask the developer to follow NinjaTrader’s best practices (“Expose indicator states”). Developers: see Developing for BloodHound.
Indicator lists
Lists gathered from customers and vendors. They aren’t exhaustive or guaranteed: indicators change with updates.
| List | |
|---|---|
| Indicators that work | Known to work with BloodHound and BlackBird. |
| Indicators with issues | Known not to share their values, or to have other problems. |