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# Using

Your indicator is now ready for use and will be listed in the Indicator Dialog window.

![YourOwnSMAUsing1](https://fdr-prod-docs-files-public.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ninjatrader-public.docs.buildwithfern.com/071d588b3c1fe4beb6087b6ca78901701f17348972ef6f3360c2835e08875791/docs/assets/developer/desktop-sdk/guides/using3-yourownsmausing1.png?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6KXJSKKNFOCF7G4B%2F20260729%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260729T070255Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-Signature=7b24169a899ec9551a9f9fb781db99ab5f77dc5d92612e343cb99e2513b2369f&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)

1. The indicator can now be found in the "Available" section of the Indicators window

2. Once added to the "Configured" section, our user-defined inputs can be entered along with standard indicator properties.

Once applied to a chart, the indicator should look something like the image below.

![YourOwnSMAUsing2](https://fdr-prod-docs-files-public.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ninjatrader-public.docs.buildwithfern.com/071d588b3c1fe4beb6087b6ca78901701f17348972ef6f3360c2835e08875791/docs/assets/developer/desktop-sdk/guides/using3-yourownsmausing1.png?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6KXJSKKNFOCF7G4B%2F20260729%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260729T070255Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-Signature=7b24169a899ec9551a9f9fb781db99ab5f77dc5d92612e343cb99e2513b2369f&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)