Bars.BarsSinceSession in a Backtest?

[Don22Trader1]

Hello,

My indicator tries to find chart patterns as they are printing on screen. I have included "Bars.BarsSinceSession" to mark the the first bar of the pattern and other key bars within the forming pattern as well. Would this property work if implemented in a backtest or does it only work in a real time setting?

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello Don22Trader1,

Thanks for your post.

I have moved your post to the NinjaTrader 7 Indicator Development of the NinjaTrader Forums since you are asking about a NinjaTrader 7 item.

That said, Bars.BarsSinceSession will work for backtests in the Strategy Analyzer.

This could be seen by creating a simple strategy that prints out Bars.BarsSinceSession, running a backtest on the strategy in the Strategy Analyzer, and monitoring the Tools > Output window.

Let me know if I may assist further.

[Don22Trader1]

Okay thank you for that.

I actually need it for for NT8, so what is the newer version?

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello Don22Trader1,

Thanks for your note.

NinjaTrader 7's BarsSinceSession is known as BarsSinceNewTradingDay in NinjaTrader 8.

This could be seen using our Code Breaking Changes help guide: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ng_changes.htm

See this help guide page for information about BarsSinceNewTradingDay and sample code: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...tradingday.htm

Let me know if I may assist further.