timer

[brucelevy]

Hi how can I use a timer? I want to display orders executed per second.

Would I accomplish this by adding a Seconds time frame, and then accumulating the orders? If so how can I know to accumulate the ticks from start to finish of each bar?

[NinjaTrader_JoshG]

Hello brucelevy,
Thanks for your post.

You could count the orders that occur any number of ways depending on where in your code you want to reference the orders. I typically recommend using OnExecution() to base anything off of order executions.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/?onexecution.htm

You can see a sample of how to monitor this method and perform logic based on executions here:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/?using_onorderupdate_and_onexec.htm

If you want to accumulate the ticks from each bar you could just add a 1-tick series and then increment an integer on each tick that comes in(although I think that adding a Seconds series would be more useful as a measure of time). A similar concept could be applied to count your orders.

protected override void Initialize()
{
    Add(PeriodType.Tick,1);
}

private int tickCounter;
protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
    if(CurrentBars[1]<1)return;

    if(BarsInProgress==0 && FirstTickOfBar)
            tickCounter=0;

    if(BarsInProgress==1)
    {
        tickCounter++;
        Print("There have been "+tickCounter+" ticks in this candle");
    }
}

If you need to implement a timer for your goal you can use the Timer class, TriggerCustomEvent(), and the concepts from the following reference sample to implement a timer:
https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...to_output_.htm
https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ustomevent.htm

You can read more about the Timer class at the following public MSDN link:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dot...ramework-4.7.2