ChartTemplateIndicators.Add

method · ChartTemplateIndicators · cAlgo.API Since 5.6

DesktopCLICloud

Adds a new indicator to a chart template.

Environment behaviour

Cloud — not supported. Never available in the cloud: it is only returned by members that do not work there (ChartTemplate.Indicators).

Overloads

Signature
`Add(string name, object[] parameterValues)`
`Add(IndicatorType type, object[] parameterValues)`

Add(string name, object[] parameterValues)

Adds a new indicator to a chart template.

C#Python

ChartTemplateIndicator Add(string name, object[] parameterValues)

chartTemplateIndicators.Add(name: str, parameterValues: list[object]) -> ChartTemplateIndicator

Parameters

Name	C# type	Python type	Description
`name`	`string`	`str`	The name of an indicator.
`parameterValues`	`object[]`	`list[object]`	The indicator parameter values or an anonymous object that contains indicator parameter values.

Returns ChartTemplateIndicator — An ChartTemplateIndicator representing the added indicator instance.

Examples

C#Python

var template = ChartTemplates.Get("My Template");
if (template != null)
{
    var indicator = template.Indicators.Add("Simple Moving Average", Bars.ClosePrices, 50);
    Print("Added indicator {0} to the template", indicator.Type.Name);
}

template = api.ChartTemplates.Get("My Template")
if template is not None:
    indicator = template.Indicators.Add("Simple Moving Average", api.Bars.ClosePrices, 50)
    api.Print(f"Added indicator {indicator.Type.Name} to the template")

Add(IndicatorType type, object[] parameterValues)

Adds a new indicator to a chart template.

C#Python

ChartTemplateIndicator Add(IndicatorType type, object[] parameterValues)

chartTemplateIndicators.Add(type: IndicatorType, parameterValues: list[object]) -> ChartTemplateIndicator

Parameters

Name	C# type	Python type	Description
`type`	`IndicatorType`	`IndicatorType`	The type of Indicator, you can get IndicatorType from AlgoRegistry.
`parameterValues`	`object[]`	`list[object]`	The indicator parameter values or an anonymous object that contains indicator parameter values.

Returns ChartTemplateIndicator — An ChartTemplateIndicator representing the added indicator instance.

Examples

C#Python

var template = ChartTemplates.Get("My Template");
if (template != null && AlgoRegistry.Get("Relative Strength Index", AlgoKind.StandardIndicator) is IndicatorType rsiType)
{
    var indicator = template.Indicators.Add(rsiType, new { Source = Bars.ClosePrices, Periods = 14 });
    Print("Added indicator {0} to the template", indicator.Type.Name);
}

template = api.ChartTemplates.Get("My Template")
rsiType = api.AlgoRegistry.Get("Relative Strength Index", AlgoKind.StandardIndicator)
if template is not None and rsiType is not None:
    indicator = template.Indicators.Add(rsiType, api.Bars.ClosePrices, 14)
    api.Print(f"Added indicator {indicator.Type.Name} to the template")