Current OHL indicator not plotting to correct times

[burtoninlondon]

Hi,

I am using the Current OHL indicator to plot the open line on my chart of the ES mini (ES 12-21) as per the below.



I understand that the session hours of this product are 5:00pm CT (Session open) until 3:45pm CT (the next day).

I am based in the UK and I am 6 hours ahead of Central Time therefore I would expect that the open line would form at 11pm UK time / 5pm CT however as can be seen on the attached chart the open line is forming at approximately 5:15am which would be 11:15pm CT.

It seems as though the indicator is being drawn 12 hours out of sequence, is there a setting somewhere that I need to set to align my timezone with CT?

Thanks,

Neil

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Hello Neil,

The ES futures uses the 'CME US Index Futures ETH' trading hours template by default. This trading hours template uses a start time of 5:00pm US Central time. This would be 11:00pm in UK time (6 hours later).

When I set the time zone to UK time in NinjaTrader and test the same chart, it shows the Open at the 30 Minute bar that is time stamped as 23:30. This 30 Minute bar contains data between 23:00:00 and 23:29:59 as NinjaTrader time stamps price bars with the closing time. So the session starts at 23:00 as expected.

What time stamp does the first 30 Minute bar have in your chart?

[burtoninlondon]

Thanks Jason, the time stamp I had on the first 30 minute bar was 06:00am.



However I had the trading hours in my data series set to 'Default 24/7' and once I changed to 'CME US Index Futures ETH' the time stamp changed to 23:30pm as per your screenshot.

That's resolved my query so thanks for your help.

Neil

[Bjork]

I agree. It is not to criticize the devs, they've come up with great stuff, but this is a "reference implementation" which are usually meant to get the job done and that's it. They admit in their own docs that there is plenty of space for optimization.

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Hello Bjork,

I don't see how your message is related to the topic of this forum thread. Could you please clarify why you posted this message?