How to get multi-series current bar data

[cassb]

I want to know what the high and low of the current bar on a multi-series chart is. I thought I could get it with this code, for example if I'm trying to test to see if the previous bar's high is greater than the high (so far) of the currently-drawing bar on the chart, for bar series index 4:

if (BarsInProgress == 4)
{
if (Highs[4][1] > Highs[4][0]) ...

But this seems to be comparing the two bars before the currently-drawing bar. If I had Calculate on Bar Close = true, would that affect which bar the Highs[4][0] is referencing? Maybe I need to set that to false?

Or, another idea, maybe create a fifth bar series as a 1-tick series and then:

if (BarsInProgress == 5)
{
if (Highs[4][1] > Highs[4][0]) ...


I guess my problem is that I want this Highs[4][0] value to be updated on each tick, but only for the Bars index 4. Hmmm... but would Calculate on Bar Close = false do the same thing? Would it make the indicator extremely slow though because I have 5 bars series on it?

Thanks!
Bryan

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi Bryan,

Yes it depends on whether you're using real time with COBC = false or historical. If you access historically or when COBC = true, you are not able to access values where the time stamp of the bar you're accessing is in advance of the time stamp of other series.

This is detailed further here in the section How Bar Data is Referenced

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/multi_time_frame__instruments.htm

If you want to save resources combining COBC = false logic with COBC = true, this reference sample can help:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=19387

[cassb]

Never mind -- sorry. I set Calculate on Bar Close = false and it works beautifully.

[cassb]

Hi Bryan,

Yes it depends on whether you're using real time with COBC = false or historical. If you access historically or when COBC = true, you are not able to access values where the time stamp of the bar you're accessing is in advance of the time stamp of other series.

This is detailed further here in the section How Bar Data is Referenced

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/multi_time_frame__instruments.htm

If you want to save resources combining COBC = false logic with COBC = true, this reference sample can help:
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...ad.php?t=19387

Thanks Ryan -- you are too fast! :-)