Instrument RTH hours

[Zeos6]

Hi,

Is there any way to determine, from code, the RTH hours for an instrument regardless of the template currently being used for the instrument?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Zeos6,

You can get the hours for a trading hours template. But if the template is not assigned to the instrument, then you will need to know the name of the template you want the hours from.

Below is a link to the help guide on the TradingHours.Sessions.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/tradinghours_sessions.htm

The Instrument.MasterInstrument.TradingHours has the template assigned to the instrument.

[Zeos6]

Hi Chelsea B,

Thank you for the reference and the quick reply. The reference you provided is somewhat helpful but not entirely. It is based on a session idx; i.e. Bars.TradingHours.Sessions[0].TradingDay.

More specifically, I'd like to know:
1. How can I retrieve the Trading hours (Session) template currently used by the instrument.
2. How can I retrieve a specific template by name, for example the trading hours for the CME US Index Futures RTH session template.

Thank you for your help.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Zeos6,

Are you finding the Instrument.MasterInstrument.TradingHours I have suggested in my previous post is not returning the trading hours of the instrument?

As far as getting a template by name, use TradingHours.Get(string templateName).

The help guide has this on the BarsRequest page.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/barsrequest.htm

[Zeos6]

Good morning Chelsea B,

Thank you for your reply. It was helpful and I was able to retrieve the information.
One issue did come up though. Many of the Trading Hours templates in NT8 are specified in terms of Central Time. Is there a way to correct the output received from the inquiry, for example the BeginTime, for the actual time zone I am in (Eastern, UTC-05) without changing the templates? Thank you.

Also, is there a way to retrieve via code the time zone that the BeginTime, for example, is referenced to?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Zeos6,

The time zone is in the TimeZoneInfo information.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/timezoneinfo.htm

You would need to use custom C# code to convert to other time zones.
Below is a public link to the microsoft documentation.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/datetime/converting-between-time-zones

[Zeos6]

Great stuff! Thank you for your help Chelsea B.