rearm parameter in Alert()

[nicbizz]

Hi,

What exactly does the "rearmSeconds" parameter do in Alert() ?

I have the following code running on a chart with CalculateOnBarClose = TRUE:

Alert("enterShort", NinjaTrader.Cbi.Priority.High, alertText, alertFile, 0, Color.White, Color.Black);

If I set the rearm = 0, does that mean the "enterShort" alert will only fire once for the whole chart, or only once per bar (i.e. per run-through of OnBarUpdate())?

Thanks.

-Nick

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Hi Nick,

Thank you for your post.

Correct, with the rearm set to 0, the alert will never reset and only trigger once.

If you were to set the rearm to 5, the alert will reset after 5 seconds so that it can be triggered. However, with CalculateOnBarClose set to true, this alert will not happen again on the same bar.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[nicbizz]

Hi Cal,

If I were to leave rearmSeconds = 0, but place ResetAlerts() right after my Alert(), does that mean the Alert will fire on each occurence?

-Nick

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

If you place the ResetAlert() right after the alert it will essentially rearm the alert and then on the next occurence the alert will trigger.