Get Current Price

[Mike Winfrey]

I'm using renko bars and I don't get a visual of the current price. I wrote an indicator that displays horizontal lines for the bid and ask using GetBid and GetAsk functions. However, I would like to display a horizontal line for the current price. Using Close[0] doesn't work as it only applies to the renko bar data.

Thanks,
Mike

[mrlogik]

Using Close[0] will work if you set your indicator to calculate intrabar.

[Mike Winfrey]

calculateonbarclose is set to false and is working as it should for the bid and ask. however, because i am using renko bars, Close[0] only returns the closing price of the completed block.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Mike, I believe this is due to the programming of the custom renko bars type you use - this should be fixed with the renko bars type we'll add for NinjaTrader 7 - http://www.ninjatrader.com/webnew/NT7/NinjaTrader7.html

[mrlogik]

Well, I believe NT currently uses the Bid price for creating a chart, so you should be able to use GetCurrentBid() for the horizontal line.

[Mike Winfrey]

Thanks Bertrand...that may be true but I would still like to know how I can get the current price aside from using Close[0], if possible.

[Mike Winfrey]

not so sure that's true MrLogik...i see many times when the spead is greater than 2 where the current price marker on the right of the chart is between the bid and ask which is why i am asking my question.

[mrlogik]

I asked this question a while back.

The post is here

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

This would also depend on the connection you use if I'm not mistaken - if you can't use Close, try using the last from OnMarketData() - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...arketData.html

[Mike Winfrey]

ah yes...thanks bertrand

[Mike Winfrey]

mrlogik...just read the thread and eventhough i fully understand the answer, it doesn't explain why the current price can and very often does appear between bid and ask.

[Mike Winfrey]

Bertrand,

Thanks for the suggestion. This works perfectly...Thanks again.

protectedoverridevoid OnMarketData(MarketDataEventArgs e)
{
if (e.MarketDataType == MarketDataType.Last)
DrawHorizontalLine("LastPrice",e.Price,Color.Black,DashStyle.Solid,1);
}