How can I get the value of "Days to load" of a strategy for internal calculations?

[pstrusi]

Hi NT,

Could I get the value of "CurrentBar" within OnStartUp() ??

How much would the impact be in ram memory when I set Maximum bars look to infinite, if I intend to use just 500 bars instead of 250?

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello pstrusi, thanks for your note.

CurrentBar will always be zero from within OnStartUp.

As long as your computer meets the system requirements for NT7, setting Max lookback period to infinite is OK. The amount of ram taken should be negligible.

Kind regards.

[pstrusi]

So, trying to get a workaround here: How can I get the value of: "Days to load" and "Minutes of a series" that is set in simulation, so I can do some internal calculations?
Thanks

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello pstrusi, thanks for your reply.

You can use the BarsPeriod class to access this info:

Print(BarsPeriod.Value.ToString());
Print(BarsPeriod.BasePeriodType.ToString());

It looks like this bit of undocumented code will return days to load:
Bars.BarsData.DaysBack

[pstrusi]

Thank you very much Chris, indeed useful.
Kind regards!

[pstrusi]

I imagine that Bars.BarsData.DaysBack can be called within OnStartUp(), right?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi pstrusi, yes that is available through OnStartUp.

All the best!