Tips using Alert()

[anothertoy]

Hi, I want to use Alert() but how do i avoid receiving a series of emails rather than one email when the level is reached? Any other tips would be appreciated.

Also, if i set Calculateatbarclose to false, then i can use any timeframe for my data ie. 1min, 30 min chart etc, and it won't make a difference, right? I want to be alerted just once (1 email and 1 sound) as soon as the price has traded.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

anothertoy, have you already tried working with a higher rearm setting for this? http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...eV6/Alert.html


rearmSeconds:
Sets the number of seconds an alert will rearm. If the same alert (identified by the id parameter) is called within a time window of the time of last alert + rearmSeconds, the alert will be ignored.

[anothertoy]

thanks but what about the sendmessage function? i get a string of emails sent.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

You would need to code in a bool then that checks if the alert already triggered intrabar, as you run on update each tick. Thus just reset the bool to 'armed' state for alert and emails once a new bar is generated (FirstTickOfBar property).