Writing data history to file does not include final bar

[jrm999]

Hello,

I created a strategy (based on other examples in the forum) that writes a range of history data to a text file. The problem I'm having is writing the final bar. For example, I will run the HIstorical Data download for a symbol for Jan 1 through today (running download in the evening, 4-5 hours after the U.S. market closes. I then run the strategy, and if I select DAY, then it will write all days up through yesterday, but not today's OHLC values. If I switch to minute, then it will write all Minute data, including today except for the final minute of the normal trading hour).

What am I missing?

Thanks,
Ray

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello jrm999,

Thank you for the post.

Since the strategy runs on bar close, you will not get todays timestamp until todays bar has closed. You can work around this by setting Calculate == OnEachTick and only running the logic for the first tick of the bar. See the attached modification of the script you posted.

Please let me know if I can assist further.

[jrm999]

Thank you Chris. I made the change and it performed exactly as expected. I really appreciate your assistance.

Ray