How to Reference a cTrader Indicator

debongos

I have downloaded a free indicator from cTrader and modified it slightly. The indicator builds without errors and when applied to a trading symbol, works as expected with the modification.

However when I refer to the indicator in my bot code, the indicator is not found. I can see the indicator in Manage References, I have ticked the boxed an applied but is still not found when referenced in my code.

Have I missed a step?

The error is -

Pipster

You have not referenced the indicator or you have a spelling mistake.

debongos

Hi Pipster. The indicator is referenced in the code and spelt correctly. The indicator is listed in my custom indicators but not found when referenced in my bot.

debongos

Mike

Show me your added reference like the image below.

debongos

Hi Mike.

Mike

I would open the project in Visual Studio Code or Community and debug this, without the source code it is very difficult to identify your issue.

Try moving your project to the Robots folder instead of One Drive and add the reference again.

debongos

In Visual Studio I amended the reference type to an Indicator which resolved the first issue however the indicator is still not found.

Mike

You are referencing a default indicator, you need to reference a custom indicator with:

sma = Indicators.GetIndicator(Source, SmaPeriod);

How to reference custom indicators

debongos

Still no go Mike. Copied this indicator folder into the Robots folder and then in Manage references, found the path, ticked the box and applied.

Just to confirm, IchiChikouSMA.dll is the file to link?

Mike

Read my last message, that is your issue.

debongos

Cheers, working on that now.

debongos

I still had some difficulty which was around the GetIndicator name but I eventually got it.

protected override void OnStart()
{
ichimoku = Indicators.GetIndicator<IchiChikouSMA>(SourceSeries, TenkanSenPeriod, KijunSenPeriod,
SenkouSpanBPeriod, ChikouSpanSMAPeriod);
}