NinjaTrader has a limited number of “slots” for custom bar types and there is no way to know who is using which slot.
Sometimes our default slot, “Custom8”, will conflict with bars distributed by other vendors. Luckily, we have given you a way to move our bars to different slot. Please follow these instructions to change the slot used by our bars:
- Click “Edit Settings”
- Select a different bar slot for the bar type that does not conflict with any other bar types that may be installed
- Click OK
Note that if you change this setting, your custom saved workspaces won’t load properly until you have replaced them with new ones. Ideally, you will avoid changing it except in the case of a conflict of bar types.
Note: You may see different options available than what is displayed in the screenshot above. The build used in this screenshot includes experimental bar types that are not currently finished.
Clicking the “Reset” button will revert all the bar types in this utility to the Apex default bar type state.
We use the slot “Custom8” for our Diagnostic Bars and other slots for the other bar types like Continuum or shadow bars. Sometimes it conflicts with bars provided by another vendor. When you have a conflicting bar type installed, NinjaTrader will only display one of them. Sometimes it blocks our bars; sometimes it blocks the bars from the other vendor. Just follow the steps above to resolve this.
The following use custom 8
- RJayTickRangeAdaptive
- WickedLineBreak
- Better Range
- BWT LineBreak
- PureLogic LineBreak
- SiTrueRenko
- Time Trade
- Diagnostic Bars
You are free to use any bar type you want. However, understand other bars have other settings, so you will be seeing a different chart and will not have the exact same system. You may explore this and may like the results. You would have to test settings and bar sizes and test the system rules to know of they would work.If this is the case we would love to hear from you.
It is important to note that our indicators are programmed and tested for time based bars and our diagnostic bars so we can not possibly guarantee or support cross integration of over 100 unique bar types with every indicator and our system That is not to say it will not work its just to say we don’t know and have know idea on the impact of the system by using different bars and settings.
Our bars are completely unique in how they work and the absolute accuracy for time stamping, volume calculations, reset on rollover and gaps and more to ensure the most accuracy in a bar.
If you are not seeing apexdiagnosticbars you are using a bar type that uses custom 8. If this is not the case simply submit a help desk ticket and we will hop on your computer to help you resolve it quickly. Most vendors simply sell a bar type not a complete system that is why we are able to do this. We are not just programmers but also traders so we teach how to put the entire package together for real application. This is not to demean anyone else’s bar type it is just a trading system versus a bar type thing.