Price at certain time three days ago

[no111]

I want to get the close and the price at a certain time three days ago.

This works fine:
Bars.GetDayBar(3).Close

But how do I get the price for example att time 15.55?


Bars.GetDayBar(3).Time(15, 55, 0)


But this doesn't work.. should I also input date or isn't that relevant?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Yes, for a DateTime to be valid this would need to be Date and Time, so input date included as well - here's a full sample into this topic :

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=19176

[no111]

Thank you Bertrand.

Now I have this, but when I activate the strategy in a chart.. It won't be activated. And when I run a backtest.. It backtests only the first month of selected time frame..

Do I something wrong?

#region Variables
        // Wizard generated variables
        private int myInput0 = 1; // Default setting for MyInput0
        private DateTime    time1530;   // DateTime object to hold the time we're interested in.
        private int            closeyest     = 0; 
        // User defined variables (add any user defined variables below)
        #endregion 

        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
        if (Bars.FirstBarOfSession && FirstTickOfBar)
            {
                /* If the day is Monday, and we want the value from Friday, we must subtract 3 days from the current date.
                   If the day is Tuesday-Friday, just subtract one day. */
                if (Time[0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monday)
                    time1530 = new DateTime(Time[0].Year, Time[0].Month, Time[0].Day - 3, 15, 30, 0);
                else
                    time1530 = new DateTime(Time[0].Year, Time[0].Month, Time[0].Day - 1, 15, 30, 0);
            }
         
                closeyest = GetBar(time1530);
            if ( Close[0] >  closeyest
                && ToTime(Time[0]) == 153100
                )
            { EnterShort(DefaultQuantity, "");
            }
                    if (  
                        ToTime(Time[0]) == 160000
                        )
            {ExitShort("", "");
            }
        } 

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Do you get any log error in the Control Center shown when you activate it?

[no111]

Yes I get this error:
You are accessing an index with a value that is invalid since its out of range. I.E. accessing a series [barsAgo] with a value of 5 when there are only 4 bars on the chart.
Now I've added this:

if (closeyest != 0 && CurrentBar > 20){......}
But now, it doesn't trade at all.

Code now:

   protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
            if (closeyest != 0 && CurrentBar > 20){
        if (Bars.FirstBarOfSession && FirstTickOfBar)
            {
                /* If the day is Monday, and we want the value from Friday, we must subtract 3 days from the current date.
                   If the day is Tuesday-Friday, just subtract one day. */
                if (Time[0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monday)
                    time1530 = new DateTime(Time[0].Year, Time[0].Month, Time[0].Day - 3, 15, 30, 0);
                else
                    time1530 = new DateTime(Time[0].Year, Time[0].Month, Time[0].Day - 1, 15, 30, 0);
            }
         
                closeyest = GetBar(time1530);
            if ( Close[0] >  closeyest
            
                )
            { EnterShort(DefaultQuantity, "");
            }
                    if (  
                        ToTime(Time[0]) == 160000
                        )
            {ExitShort("", "");
            }
        }} 

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi no111,

What bar interval are you using for this? Is it a single or multiseries script?

[no111]

Hi no111,

What bar interval are you using for this? Is it a single or multiseries script?

Hi RyanM,

What do you mean with multiseries? Multiple Data series, I guess?


I'm using only one minute chart, ES 06-12 with standard CME US index RTH template.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

OK, looks like you're not comparing the same type of thing. GetBar() returns the number of bars ago since the time you specify. You're comparing Close[0] (a price value) against a bars ago value .

[no111]

Ok, well this should work then, but it doesn't..
Now I compare the Close[0] with Close from yesterday on 15.31..

     protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
            if (closeyest != 0 && CurrentBar > 20){
        if (Bars.FirstBarOfSession && FirstTickOfBar)
            {
                /* If the day is Monday, and we want the value from Friday, we must subtract 3 days from the current date.
                   If the day is Tuesday-Friday, just subtract one day. */
                if (Time[0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monday)
                    time1530 = new DateTime(Time[0].Year, Time[0].Month, Time[0].Day - 3, 15, 31, 0);
                else
                    time1530 = new DateTime(Time[0].Year, Time[0].Month, Time[0].Day - 1, 15, 31, 0);
            }
         
                closeyest = GetBar(time1530);
            if ( Close[0] >  Close[closeyest]
            
                )
            { EnterShort(DefaultQuantity, "");
                 BackColor = Color.Black;
            }
                    if (  
                        ToTime(Time[0]) == 160000
                        )
            {ExitShort("", "");
            }
        }} 

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Great, that looks better. We're unfortunately not able to debug this for you fully. I suggest simplifying and checking all values used in the condition by printing them. You can also use Print() to follow code flow, which should help you to follow what blocks of code are actually entered. Check order messages using TraceOrders output. See here for help using these debugging tools:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3418

[no111]

I understand, thanks.
I'll post my results if it works !!

[nightriderx]

Looking through the above code, is this valid code?

time1530 = new DateTime(Time[0].Year, Time[0].Month, Time[0].Day - 3, 15, 31, 0);

specifically the part: Time[0].Day - 3

Is NT smart enough to distinguish changing from one month to another...?

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello nightriderx,
If the Day is the first, second or third day of month then you will get a negative or zero value if you subtract it by -3 which is not valid.

You have to hardcode any change in month. For example

if (Time[0].Month != time1530.Month)
{
    //do something
}

Please let me know if I can assist you any further.

[nightriderx]

Thanks.

So I need to get the price exactly 30 days ago (ignoring the fact that it could be a sat/sun) how would you recommend coding that? I believe .net offers a date subtraction tool, but is there anything like that in nt?
thanks again!

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

nightriderx,

Yes, you can use dot net DateTime for this, and GetBar() to get the bars ago value for a specific date time. The point of reference is the bar time stamp. If you wanted to use your PC clock instead, replace Time[0] with DateTime.Now

DateTime thirtyDaysAgo = Time[0].AddDays(-30);
int barsAgo = GetBar(thirtyDaysAgo);

if (barsAgo != CurrentBar)
{
	Print("BarsAgo: " + barsAgo);
	Print(CurrentBar + " Value: " + Close[barsAgo]);
}

A sample that can help using GetBar() is available here:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=19176