Detecting if Historical when moving Playback slider

[pmaglio]

Hi,

I noticed that when using Playback, when we move the time slider the chart is replayed from beginning of day to the selected time and during all that time the reported State is RealTime

Not sure if this is this way by design or an error, but if it is this way by design, how can I detect from the code that we are not RealTime but just relocating the time slider to the new selected time ?

PS : Easy to test ;
Edit the Strategy SampleMACrossOver

if (CrossAbove(smaFast, smaSlow, 1))
{
Print("OnBarUpdate State = " + State.ToString() );
EnterLong();
}
else if (CrossBelow(smaFast, smaSlow, 1))
{
Print("OnBarUpdate State = " + State.ToString() );
EnterShort();
}
When we enable the strategy we get all the previous trades printed as "OnBarUpdate State = Historical"
Now if we move the time slider to a new date and/or time we get all trades printed as "OnBarUpdate State = Realtime"

Thanks

Pablo

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

Hello pmaglio,


I have submitted a feature request to the product management team for the following feature :

This customer would like NinjaScript strategies to have a distinct State when the playback connection is fast forwarding at maximum speed after the slider is advanced forward

I will follow up with more information as soon as it's available. If the feature requests already exists, a vote will be added to it.


Please let us know if there are any other ways we can help.

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

Hello again pmaglio,

This feature is being reviewed by the product management team and has been assigned the following unique tracking ID


SFT-1770


Please let us know if there is any other way we can help.

[pmaglio]

Hi,
Is there any news about this ?
I need to detect if bars are historical or live playback after a user moved the time slider

Thanks !

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello Pablo,

Thank you for your post.

At this time there would not be an update on this item.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

[pmaglio]

Hello Pablo,

Thank you for your post.

At this time there would not be an update on this item.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Is there any other way to do this ?
I mean, if a user selects to start a playback at 10am, how can I identify that between 0 and 10am it is not RealTime ? so we can avoid playing sounds, sending emails, etc....

Thanks !

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello pmaglio,

Thank you for your response.

There would not be a means around the State reporting as Realtime in this scenario.

[pmaglio]

𝔸𝕟𝕪 ℕ𝕖𝕨𝕤 ?
We cant still avoid sending emails or playing sounds when a user rewinds the playback

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello pmaglio,

Thank you for your post.

There is no update on this feature request at this time.

I would like to note that you could implement a check for something outside the NinjaScript based events, such as a button on the chart that you add. Add the button to the chart through NinjaScript and then select the button when changing playback times and check for that button as selected in your code to avoid any unwanted actions being taken.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

[pmaglio]

yes, I know. This is what Im doing now....
....just not so practical as it sounds if doing lot of replays having lot of indicators