BarsSinceEntry() used to find minutes of time since entry

[darmbk]

Hi,

Through the forum I have found the method of calculating an interval of time in minutes. However, the forum notes that BarsSinceEntry() is a more eloquent solution but how do I find out how long a bar is in minutes, so that I can do a test such as, are we 5 minutes since entry? That is, I could be running an algo on 1 minute or 30 minute time frame and the BarsSinceEntry() will not be the same in terms of time elapsed obviously. I believe the time version would be something like:

DateTime time1 = Time[BarsSinceEntry()];
DateTime time2 = Time[0];
TimeSpan interval = time2 - time1;
double minsSinceEntry = interval.TotalMinutes;

Cheers,
darmbk.

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello darmbk,

You may use the "BarsPeriod.Value" to get the number of minute on each bar.

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

[hifreq]

Hi - i followed the link but those commands dont seem to work for Renko - if i wanted to state that if minutes since entry are greater than 20 - is there an easy way to formulate that statement for renko

[koganam]

Hi - i followed the link but those commands dont seem to work for Renko - if i wanted to state that if minutes since entry are greater than 20 - is there an easy way to formulate that statement for renko

You cannot use the bar Time as a proxy for the order execution time: they are fundamentally independent concepts. If you want to know the time of execution, query it as a property of the IOrder.