Time/time events from x-axis?

[FREEN]

Is it possible update an indicator from time events on the x-axis rather than with OnBarUpdate()? I would need something like "OnTimeUpdate()" instead to "drive" my indicator.

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

Hello Freen, and thank you for your question.

We can see all the event methods built into NinjaScript on the following page, under the letter O.

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/alphabetical_reference.htm

As you can see, such a method is not part of NinjaScript out of the box. However, NinjaScript does support the methods ToTime() and ToDay(), which I will provide documentation for here :

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/today.htm

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/totime.htm

You could use these inside OnBarUpdate() with CalculateOnBarClose set to false, to allow you to make your own event callback. I will provide a small example, which will call OnMyTimeWindow() every second between 8 AM and 9 AM,

private void OnMyTimeWindow()
{
  // your code here
}

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
  if (80000 <= ToTime(Time[0]) && ToTime(Time[0]) <= 90000)
  {
    OnMyTimeWindow();
  }
}