how to count in nt7 the number of bars that have closed?

November 18th, 2010, 05:51 AM

i would like my indicator to start recalculating after every 180 bars -- any ideas how i would count the number of bars? many thanks in advance

i had it coded to reset and restart calculating at 7am each day using
if (ResetDaily && ToTime(Time[0]) >= ResetTime*100 && ToTime(Time[1]) < ResetTime*100)

but it does not work :-)

November 18th, 2010, 07:12 AM

The variable CurrentBar tells you the number of the current bar. It either starts from the start of a strategy, or from the start of the session (can't remember which). In any case,

CurrentBar % 180 == 0

will be true every 180 bars.

November 18th, 2010, 07:41 AM

thanks xeno

will try and give that - a bash it was written for me so i hope i can amend it - will try today

November 18th, 2010, 08:27 AM

hi xeno,

it doesn't quite work perhaps because i have missing bars during some hours of some days it overlaps days
but thanks for your help on this

November 18th, 2010, 11:11 AM

I am rusty, but try Bars.FirstBarOfSession to get that bar number, then compare to CurrentBar.

Something like

Code

                            
bool mySignal = ((CurrentBar - Bars.FirstBarOfSession) >= 180)

If you don't need to start at zero with each new session, then just set a flag every 180 bars (like Xeno showed).

Mike

November 18th, 2010, 02:11 PM

thanks very much mike - that might be it, it looks logical - though my programming is limited
will give it a try

November 22nd, 2010, 09:57 AM

woohoo! that works thanks mike

April 26th, 2011, 10:05 AM

is there an indicator that will number bars in nt7. the bar numbering indicator that i downloaded starts the first bar at zero and i have not been able to fix it.

thanks

April 26th, 2011, 11:27 AM

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is there an indicator that will number bars in nt7. the bar numbering indicator that i downloaded starts the first bar at zero and i have not been able to fix it.

thanks

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