Help with a mental block

[Tarkus11]

Can someone help me with the following code so that it will return the same Open price as I switch chart settings from 1min to 5min to 15min to 30min (time segments divisible into the 9:30 EST open time). I looked at it on a 24hr ES chart EST.

I know there is something about a bar being finished only on the incoming tick of a new bar, but when I look at it on a 30min chart, the closest opening price to a 1min chart actually looks to be 2 bars back, not 1. With the crosshairs ON, you can see that the plot starts at the 9:30 bar.

If someone could point out the code error in the zip I would appreciate it.

[J_o_s]

Can someone help me with the following code so that it will return the same Open price as I switch chart settings from 1min to 5min to 15min to 30min (time segments divisible into the 9:30 EST open time). I looked at it on a 24hr ES chart EST.

I know there is something about a bar being finished only on the incoming tick of a new bar, but when I look at it on a 30min chart, the closest opening price to a 1min chart actually looks to be 2 bars back, not 1. With the crosshairs ON, you can see that the plot starts at the 9:30 bar.

If someone could point out the code error in the zip I would appreciate it.

Hi Tarkus,

I'm not an expert with this, so you'll have to wait for someone else for that, but perhaps in the meantime you can try it with CurrentDayOHL? ( http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...?CurrentDayOHL )

For example; CurrentDayOHL().CurrentOpen[int barsAgo]
i.e.
if(ToTime(Time[0]) >= startTime && ToTime(Time[0]) <= endTime)
{
Plot0.Set(CurrentDayOHL().CurrentOpen[0]);
}

Good Luck!

Regards,

[Tarkus11]

Hi Tarkus,

I'm not an expert with this, so you'll have to wait for someone else for that, but perhaps in the meantime you can try it with CurrentDayOHL? ( http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...?CurrentDayOHL )

For example; CurrentDayOHL().CurrentOpen[int barsAgo]
i.e.
if(ToTime(Time[0]) >= startTime && ToTime(Time[0]) <= endTime)
{
Plot0.Set(CurrentDayOHL().CurrentOpen[0]);
}

Good Luck!

Regards,

Thank you for the assistance!

[eDanny]

Tarkus, to know why that discrepancy occurred you need to know that in NT the bar time refers to the closing time of the bar. Therefore all those different bars would have the same Close price but the Open would be drastically different. The Open of a 9:30 30 minute bar would occur at 9:00. The Open of the same bar on a 5 min. chart would occur at 9:25 and on a 1 min. chart would occur at 9:29. Obviously the prices at these different times will be different.

Dan

[Tarkus11]

Tarkus, to know why that discrepancy occurred you need to know that in NT the bar time refers to the closing time of the bar. Therefore all those different bars would have the same Close price but the Open would be drastically different. The Open of a 9:30 30 minute bar would occur at 9:00. The Open of the same bar on a 5 min. chart would occur at 9:25 and on a 1 min. chart would occur at 9:29. Obviously the prices at these different times will be different.

Dan

Thanks for the explanation. It makes it much clearer.