NT8 Issue: Bars.BarsType.DaysToLoad

[RJay]

Trying to inquire from an indicator how many days of historic data are loaded to a chart.

The following query returns the Default setting and what I need is the current actual setting.

Print(" Bars.BarsType.DaysToLoad = " + Bars.BarsType.DaysToLoad);

How do I get the current actual setting for the number of historic days of data loaded?

[NinjaTrader_Matthew]

To clarify, you want to Loaded days, or the Requested days?

You can use:

Print("ChartBars.Properties.DaysBack = " + ChartBars.Properties.DaysBack);

However this may not be what you want. This is just the number of days the user configured, but does necessarily mean that was the exact number of days that was returned.

If you want the total days returned/loaded, you'd need to calculate the time span in the bars series yourself. There is not a property that would provide this info to you.

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Trying to inquire from an indicator how many days of historic data are loaded to a chart. How do I get the current actual setting for the number of historic days of data loaded?

I'm not sure if there is an easier way.. But a roundabout way would be

 [COLOR=#0000ff]if[/COLOR]([COLOR=#080808]CurrentBar[/COLOR] == [COLOR=#ff8c00]0[/COLOR] && [COLOR=#080808]IsFirstTickOfBar[/COLOR])
 {
 [COLOR=#080808]     Print[/COLOR]([COLOR=#b22222]"Time of First Bar on Chart = "[/COLOR] + [COLOR=#080808]Time[/COLOR][[COLOR=#ff8c00]0[/COLOR]].[COLOR=#080808]ToString[/COLOR]());
 [COLOR=#080808]     Print[/COLOR]([COLOR=#b22222]"Time of Last Bar on Chart = "[/COLOR] + [COLOR=#080808]ChartControl[/COLOR].[COLOR=#080808]LastTimePainted[/COLOR].[COLOR=#080808]ToString[/COLOR]());
 [COLOR=#0000ff]     int[/COLOR] [COLOR=#080808]days[/COLOR] = ([COLOR=#080808]ChartControl[/COLOR].[COLOR=#080808]LastTimePainted[/COLOR] - [COLOR=#080808]Time[/COLOR][[COLOR=#ff8c00]0[/COLOR]]).[COLOR=#080808]Days[/COLOR]; 
 [COLOR=#080808]     Print[/COLOR]([COLOR=#b22222]"Total Days on Chart = "[/COLOR] + [COLOR=#080808]days[/COLOR]); 
 }

[RJay]

To clarify, you want to Loaded days, or the Requested days?

You can use:

Print("ChartBars.Properties.DaysBack = " + ChartBars.Properties.DaysBack);

However this may not be what you want. This is just the number of days the user configured, but does necessarily mean that was the exact number of days that was returned.

If you want the total days returned/loaded, you'd need to calculate the time span in the bars series yourself. There is not a property that would provide this info to you.

Hi Matthew,

That was what I needed.

Thanks.