new indicator need time left in bar

[cbart_1]

I'm trying to make an indicator that will alarm when the price moves x points within x amonut of time. i tried to use the bartimer indicator in my code but it will not work. i saw there is a Bar.PercentComplete would this work the same way.

[NinjaTrader_AdamP]

cbart_1,

What sort of time frame are you looking at? Over how long of an interval are you testing this? It seems like you are looking at using a discrete derivative. I.e. change in Price over change in Time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_difference

Something like :

( Close[0]-Close[5] ) / (0 bars - 5 bars) would work unless you have specific requirements as to the time, i.e. you are on a 60 minute chart and want to calculate the difference based on 1 minute times or something. This is only required to maintain the proper units.

[cbart_1]

I would like for it to work on any 1, 15, or 30 minute chart. So really i need to know how much time is left in a bar or how much time has passed since the open of the bar.

[NinjaTrader_AdamP]

Over what period are you calculating the difference, is it intra-bar? Or are you calculating it across a few bars? Essentially. you don't really need to use units of time if you think of your time as each "bar". Then its just a simple difference Close[a]-Close[b] or whatever.

It just depends on how important having actual time as your units are, i.e. if you want Change in price / minute or Change in price / bar.

[cbart_1]

got it

ok i figured it out. i just needed to know if the price went a certain amout of points in 1 15 minute bar in a few minutes. i used the Bars.PercentComplete to do it.