Consult about a Method that is a Custom Event

[pstrusi]

I need to code that after market close, the running strategy should be able to send an email with certain info to read. This is simple task when I can trust a method that makes often calls such as OnBarUpdate. The problem is since I want the report after market close, according to the session for stocks, there won't be any more calls until next open. So I must find a way to pull a report with an independent Custom Method. I'm aware that this might require a little bit of programming experience for several difficult examples that I saw. So, I was wondering:

- Where could I find a simple example of Custom Event Method that depends on the local time. Not a timer, just that acts based on local time.

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello pstrusi,

What you are asking for would require a Timer, there are no events for the System time.

Because you want this to happen after the session close you would need to make an event for that purpose. We have a sample of using a timer in the help guide, that would be my suggestion and just set a timer to do 1 event and then stop it. You can set the timer interval to as long is needed and start it on the last bar of the session. The TriggerCustomEvent would also likely be needed there to make sure all values you report in the email are up to date.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/triggercustomevent.htm?zoom_highlightsub=trigger

Please let me know if I may be of additional assistance.

[pstrusi]

Thanks for the suggestion Jesse
Regards