Error with custom indicator

[cassb]

I am having the same error happen because I'm using TickSize in the Intialize method. But TickSize was not faked to 0.01 before -- it actually worked fine. Here is the code in question that causes the error:

             double temp = TickSize - (int)TickSize;                // get fractional part of TickSize
            string a = temp.ToString();                         // make it into a string
            if (a.IndexOf(".") > 0) decimals = (a.Length - 2);    // get the number of characters in the string minus the leading 0 and the decimal point
            if (a.IndexOf("E") > 0) decimals = Convert.ToInt16(a.Substring(3));    // If scientific notation, then extract the number of decimal places, e.g. 1E-06

Do I need to move this code into the OnBarUpdate() method now? I suppose I could do that just when CurrentBar = 0, but I like it in Initialize() better.

Bryan

[laparker]

Thanks for your help - got it working now.

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

I am having the same error happen because I'm using TickSize in the Intialize method. But TickSize was not faked to 0.01 before -- it actually worked fine. Here is the code in question that causes the error:

             double temp = TickSize - (int)TickSize;                // get fractional part of TickSize
            string a = temp.ToString();                         // make it into a string
            if (a.IndexOf(".") > 0) decimals = (a.Length - 2);    // get the number of characters in the string minus the leading 0 and the decimal point
            if (a.IndexOf("E") > 0) decimals = Convert.ToInt16(a.Substring(3));    // If scientific notation, then extract the number of decimal places, e.g. 1E-06

Do I need to move this code into the OnBarUpdate() method now? I suppose I could do that just when CurrentBar = 0, but I like it in Initialize() better.

Bryan

Moving to OnBarUdpate() is probably the safest option since you are guaranteed to have TickSize value then.