Trendlines move when interval changes

[trader_rick1234]

Here are some lines I drew. The red line was drawn on a 2 minute chart, but when I change intervals to 15 minute you can see the change. The blue line was drawn on a 15 minute chart then the interval was changed to 2 minutes. Is there something I am doing wrong? On one scale it hits the line but on another it doesn't? On the other hand the last two charts here are from TDA Strategy Desk. Drawn on 2 minute chart then scaled back to 10 minutes, but the lines stick (I didn't even use any snap-to-bar mode in TDA, just free line drawing). What can I do to get the same results so that I can get the same results on the charts?

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hi trader_rick1234,

Thanks for reporting this.

Just curious - if you enable the Snap to OHLC feature in the drawing object menu, then draw a new line or set of lines, does the same issue occur?

[trader_rick1234]

Also wanted to add this 3-minute chart. from TDA. The line was originally drawn on a 2-minute chart and it was started on a bar at time = 13.10, but see how TDA makes it look ok. It appears to smooth it out because this 3-minute bar is showing a time of 13:09 and yet it looks right (namely it hits the top of the price range)

[trader_rick1234]

Hi trader_rick1234,

Thanks for reporting this.

Just curious - if you enable the Snap to OHLC feature in the drawing object menu, then draw a new line or set of lines, does the same issue occur?

I was curious about that too. I will give it a try.

[trader_rick1234]

It still happens. I used snap to bar and price and drew lines in a two minute chart making sure that it snapped to a candle top or bottom and when I go to 10 minute chart it looks funny. Where it was snapped to a price on a two minute chart it hangs over space on the 10 minute chart, never even getting to the top of the candle.

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hi trader_rick1234,

Thanks for getting back to me on this.

Could you please enable the cross-hair cursor and double check the price where the line ends vs. the bar it's close to? Sorry - just need a bit more data here.

[trader_rick1234]

No problem. Thanks for looking into it. Here are some snapshots. As you can see according to the line properties box, the Y end price matches but the end time is off. The cross-hair and data box is at 14:50 but the reported end time in the line properties is 14:54. The bottom pic shows the blue line data.

Edit: The red line ends bewteen 17.38 & 17.41 high wicks and the blue line ends close to the 17.22 & 17.29 low wicks.

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hi trader_rick1234,

Thanks for posting these images - it's exactly what I needed to see.

I'll need to follow up with development to confirm a few things here. Please expect an update on this sometime Monday at the latest.

[trader_rick1234]

Just wondering if there has been an update?

[trader_rick1234]

So no updates?

...Please expect an update on this sometime Monday at the latest.

Monday. Of what year?