Backtest start date from Onstartup

[benoirat]

Hi,

My strategy's initial state depends on which date it starts on, so it needs to know what that date is before trading. How can I get the simulation start date before the simulation starts (from oninitialize or on startup)?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

benoirat, I would just look into Time[0].Date accessed from OnStartUp(), that's basically CurrentBar == 0 then.

[benoirat]

The problem is Time does not seem to be initiated in onstartup.

DateTime startDate = Time[0];

==> error:
Bar index needs to be greater/equal 0

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Cannot reproduce here, which BarsRequired do you use for your script?

[benoirat]

Indeed I had set 0. With 1 it works fine.

Thanks a lot.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Ok, great.