Indicator using GetCurrentAsk

[staycool3_a]

hi

one of my indicator uses GetCurrentAsk(2) and GetCurrentAsk(1) to plot values on a chart. I've noticed that for historical values (any value that is not present.. including a second prior to adding the indicator onthe chart) the values that are actually being plotted are historical Closes rather than GetCurrentAsk. But once i've added the indicator, it starts plotting Ask values from that point forward. But If i refresh the chart, it plots closes again. Any idea why this happens and what I can do to get historical getcurrentask data? Is it because I don't have getcurrentask data saved in my data aggregator?

[Calonious]

hi

one of my indicator uses GetCurrentAsk(2) and GetCurrentAsk(1) to plot values on a chart. I've noticed that for historical values (any value that is not present.. including a second prior to adding the indicator onthe chart) the values that are actually being plotted are historical Closes rather than GetCurrentAsk. But once i've added the indicator, it starts plotting Ask values from that point forward. But If i refresh the chart, it plots closes again. Any idea why this happens and what I can do to get historical getcurrentask data? Is it because I don't have getcurrentask data saved in my data aggregator?

That's what this method will substitute with historical data
Ref: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...currentask.htm

[NinjaTrader_DaveI]

Hello,

Calonious is correct. When you pass a bar index into GetCurrentAsk(), it will return the close price of the referenced bar. There are a few ways that you can get around this. If you are only working with your strategy in real-time, you could add a secondary data series that uses Ask prices, then use that data series for your indicator calculations.

If you would like to backtest the strategy, then you will only have historical close data to work with. In this case, you could create a custom data series that would store ask prices in real-time, which you could then reference later for your calculations.

Please let me know if I can assist further.