Intrabar Price

[Zeos6]

Hi,

I am having difficulty understanding exactly how intrabar data comes in. What I want to do is something like:

if Price > previous bar high do something

So if CalculateOnBarClose = true, I could write:

if(CalculateOnBarClose)
{
if(Close[0] > High[-1])
{ .... }
}

But if CalculateBarOnClose = fase, how do I do this?
I need to know how to access price on an intrabar basis. So far I have found the following possibilities but there are contradictions:

1. I need to add a data seies and in this way add granularity
2. I can use Bars.Instrument.MasterInstrument.FormatPrice(thisP rice)
3. I can use Gui.Chart.ChartControl.FormatYValue(price)
4. Time[0]

Can someone please help me? I need to find a way to access price intrabar.
Thank you very much.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello Zeos,

For bar indexing, you always want to use positive values. [0] refers to the most recent and the one prior to this is [1]. For help using [ ], see the following forum post:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=19346

If you want to compare the most recent price to the previous bars high when COBC = false, this is done simply with:
if (Close[0] > High[1])

[Zeos6]

Thank you Ryan,

My apologies on the indexing with -1. It was a typo that slipped in but thank you for catching it.

So if I am to understand this, Close[0] will always refer to the most recent price whether COBC is true or false. Is this correct?

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

So if I am to understand this, Close[0] will always refer to the most recent price whether COBC is true or false. Is this correct?

No, that is only true when COBC = false. When COBC = true, then the values you're accessing refer to the last closed (finished) bar, not the most recent price.

If you need access to the most recent price when COBC = true, you can work within OnMarketData() event handler:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/onmarketdata.htm

[Zeos6]

Got it. Thank you very much.