CalculateOnBarClose=false for paint bars

[marreta]

Hi Everyone, using CalculateOnBarClose=false for paint bars, lets say a condition to paint inside bars:

#region Variables
private Color color2 = Color.Yellow;
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protected override void OnBarUpdate()
if (High[0] < High[1] && Low[0] > Low[1] )
CandleOutlineColor = Color2;

Now if the bar starts as an inside bar, wich almost every bar does, and then before the close of this bar it changes to a High[0]>High[1] && Low[0]>Low[1] for example, the bar is still painted because the condition was met some point during the construction of that bar.

My question is how to evercome this limitation for paint bars?
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Marreta

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Hello Marreta,

Thank you for posting.

You would want to use CalculateOnBarClose to true so that at the end of the bar being built it gets processed correctly.

Otherwise, you will need to have additional checks for when this condition is no longer true and change the color back on the bar.

So -

if(High[0] > High[1] && Low[0] > Low[1])
CandleOutlineColor = Color.Black;

[marreta]

Hi Cal, perfect example. Thats what I needed. Thank you verry much.