DrawDot causing a problem

[suprsnipes]

Hi,

I have an indicator looking for a condition which appears to be working as I have the if statement followed by a print which when the if statement is true I am seeing the correct output as per the code below;

This is when the code was working correctly;
if (BarsInProgress == 0)
{
if (GetCurrentBidVolume(0) > GetCurrentAskVolume(1))
print(GetCurrentBidVolume(0) + " " + GetCurrentAskVolume(1))
}

However when I have attempted to add a DrawDot after the condition as well I am seeing a problem. The problem is the print output is now printing everything in the print statement even when the condition is not true. What could be causing this?

if (BarsInProgress == 0)
{
if (GetCurrentBidVolume(0) > GetCurrentAskVolume(1))
print(GetCurrentBidVolume(0) + " " + GetCurrentAskVolume(1))
DrawDot("Plot0", false, 0, High[0] + 1, Color.WhiteSmoke);
}

Appreciate the help.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

suprsnipes, you extended your if ( ) condition beyond using a single line, so you would need to use the { } braces around it -

if (BarsInProgress == 0)
{
if (GetCurrentBidVolume(0) > GetCurrentAskVolume(1))
 {
   print(GetCurrentBidVolume(0) + " " + GetCurrentAskVolume(1))
   DrawDot("Plot0", false, 0, High[0] + 1, Color.WhiteSmoke);
 }
}

[suprsnipes]

Could you please confirm that for DrawDot etc there is no need to use Add() in the Initialize section?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Correct, that's not need to work with DrawDot() per se, only if you would want to add

a) bars series for programmatic access
b) indicators for display in strategies
c) adding a plot / line (which does not relate to the drawing methods)

[suprsnipes]

Appreciate it your quick response as always, thanks