Bar building and synching

[Stem1]

Hi, in 6.5, if I have a strategy that takes a long position at 3:00 am but load the strategy at 2:30 or so with an hourly time frame, it doesn't take the trade even though the correct set up exists. Is this because it is inside the fist bar and my (ToTime(Time[0])) == 30000 question doesn't get asked unit the end of the bar(3:30)?
If this is how it works, is there a way to synch an hourly bar to the actual hour of the day?
Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Tim]

Hi Stem1,

If your hourly bars are timestamped at every half hour (2:30, 3:30) the condition will never be satisfied (Time == 30000), since the strategy refers to the timestamp value.

If your Session Begins time starts on a half hour, say 9:30, each bar following will be stamped at half hour intervals, 10:30, 11:30 etc.

You can either change the Session times, or change you condition. Also, use Print() statements to ensure any other conditions are truly being satisfied.

[Stem1]

Thanks. Makes sense.