dealing with GetCurrentBidVolume and GetCurrentAskVolume , "long" casting into "int"

May 20th, 2011, 08:12 AM

alright ,,,,,, so ....... "GetCurrentBidVolume" and "GetCurrentAskVolume" ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, returns a "Long" . . . . . . . . . and I am wanting to do the following:

Get the difference between these two . . . and see if the difference is less than X [where is a "int"]

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, wanted to get your recommendations on this (please) ? ? ?

{ want to see how best to deal with this . .

Also ,,,,, any idea why NT made these two return a "Long" instead of a "int" . . . . I would think that a "int" would be enough to account for the normal sizes seen on the Bids & Asks volumes ,,, take for example the ES ,,,,,,,

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Thanks in advance ,

Jimmy M. Espana

NinjaTrader · May 20th, 2011, 10:28 AM

Is this what you are looking for?

if (Math.Abs(GetCurrentAskVolume(0) - GetCurrentBidVolume(0)) < x)
// Do something

Also, an "int" was not large enough in some cases for volume, specifically stocks.

May 23rd, 2011, 09:21 AM

question about

Math.Abs( )

... does this return a "int" ?

furthermore, Math.Abs can deal with "long"s and "double"s .... right ??

for example:

Y = Y - Math.Abs(DOUBLE);

(where Y is a "int")

Thanks in advance,

Jimmy Espana

May 23rd, 2011, 09:33 AM

int BidAskDiff = (int)(GetCurrentAskVolume() - GetCurrentBidVolume());

do note this may result in -ive value. if you do not want a -ive value then do use Math.Abs as Ray mentioned.

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