Will the real current bar please stand up

[edstaffin]

Hi,
I am new to Ninjascript programming but am a developer w/ 20+ years experience.
What I am wanting to do seems simple enough ... after initialization and startup of my indicator I want to reference the "current" bar in OnBarUpdate. Not CurrentBar as defined in the docs, but rather the most current bar from a time point of view.

So, I put in the following test code:
protectedoverridevoid OnBarUpdate()
{
Print(CurrentBar.ToString() + ", " +
(Bars.Count - 1).ToString());
if (CurrentBar == Bars.Count - 1)
{
// Do my thing!
}
}
Now, I run it and check the output window for the last entry.
It shows CurrentBar = 1378 and Bars.Count - 1 = 1379.
It seems that OnBarUpdate does not get called for the "current/last" bar.
Am I just missing something? Is there an easier way to determine the right-most bar on a chart on start up? I'm just having too much fun!
Thanks ... Ed

[koganam]

Hi,
I am new to Ninjascript programming but am a developer w/ 20+ years experience.
What I am wanting to do seems simple enough ... after initialization and startup of my indicator I want to reference the "current" bar in OnBarUpdate. Not CurrentBar as defined in the docs, but rather the most current bar from a time point of view.

So, I put in the following test code:
protectedoverridevoid OnBarUpdate()
{
Print(CurrentBar.ToString() + ", " +
(Bars.Count - 1).ToString());
if (CurrentBar == Bars.Count - 1)
{
// Do my thing!
}
}
Now, I run it and check the output window for the last entry.
It shows CurrentBar = 1378 and Bars.Count - 1 = 1379.
It seems that OnBarUpdate does not get called for the "current/last" bar.
Am I just missing something? Is there an easier way to determine the right-most bar on a chart on start up? I'm just having too much fun!
Thanks ... Ed

ref: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...d.php?p=261631

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello edstaffin,

Thank you for your post.

The CurrentBar will be the current bar OnBarUpdate() is processing. The indicators and strategies will need to pass through each bar on the chart, so CurrentBar will not equal count at all times.

Koganam provided a link to an unsupported item he provided to another user who asked about the true last bar on the chart, so thank you to Koganam for that as well.