MTF related question

[vking]

Ninja Support team - Trying to code an MTF based indicator in NT 8 and have couple of questions and appreciate if you could clarify.

- Indendent of the timeframe of the primary series - would like to perform certain calculations based on a 5 minute series.

if (State == State.Configure) {
AddDataSeries(BarsPeriodType.Minute, 5);
}

with this - I would code the indicator as "BarsInProgress ==1" to perform the calculations.

However when I apply this indicator to a 5 minute chart(primary series itself is 5 minute) - what happens?

Would this indicator still add another series of 5 minute bar?
would my code "BarsInProgress ==1" is still going to work in this case?

Appreciate any guidance/clarification on this.

Edit - Based on further tests - it does appear like - even if the primary bars is 5 minute, it would still work with BarsInProgress == 1 ( same as NT 7).

Do we need to use the "sync" mode even in Indicators as below?

// Syncs a DataSeries object to the primary bar object
primarySeries = new Series<double>(this);
thanks.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello vking,

Thanks for your post.

As you observed there is no issue when applying the 5 minute strategy to a 5 minute chart and that would be the case with syncing as well.

You can test this with the sample provided here and apply to a 5 minute chart: http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...ead.php?t=3572