Get # of Sessions

[elitetradernyc]

Hi guys, Is there a way to get the # of sessions that have occurred since a backtest started? My primary series is BetterRenko 4, but I want to test how many days have passed during the backtest for my primary series.

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello elitetradernyc,

You may manually calculate this by using the Bars.FirstBarOfSession and checking for your series. For example:

int counter = 0;
if(BarsInProgress == 0 && Bars.FirstBarOfSession)
     counter++;

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?firstbarofsession.htm

Happy to be of further assistance.

[elitetradernyc]

Thanks, one other question, I want to get the close of two sessions ago, like PriorDayOHLC().PriorClose[x] but how do you get it to look back two sessions and not just 1?

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello elitetradernyc,

This is something also that would have to be calculated if you want to use the PriorDayOHCL() indicator as well.

Since you are checking for the start of a session you can save the bar that new session starts on so that you can reference it later inside of the PirorDayOHLC().PriorClose[x] so since you know what bar the session started on you can use the "CurrentBar" minus the variable that has the variable that is storing what bar the session you want to access it from.

Let me know if you have any questions.

[koganam]

Thanks, one other question, I want to get the close of two sessions ago, like PriorDayOHLC().PriorClose[x] but how do you get it to look back two sessions and not just 1?

Thanks

You merely need to make sure that your reference bar is the day before.

PriorDayOHLC().PriorClose[GetBar(Time[0].AddDays(-1))]

[elitetradernyc]

Thanks, I was adding an array to store all the previous values and that really slowed down my backtests, perhaps ill try doing it another way.