Trading times for instrument

[rafe0304]

How can I get the daily trading time of an instrument from within a c# script?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello rafe0304,

You are looking for the session template end and start times, is this correct?

This can be found with Bars.Session.GetNextBeginEnd.

Below is a link to the help guide which includes an example of how this works.
http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...xtbeginend.htm

[rafe0304]

Thanks for your quick response.

To be more specific: I am using range bars, so the OnBarUpdate doesnt occur at regular intervals. Now I want to prevent entering the market if I got less than say 1 hour until closing time of the instruments exchange. So I need a way to determine within OnBarUpdate, how much time is left until closing time.

How can I do that?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello rafe0304,

To subtract a date from another date use DateTime.Subtract.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...v=vs.110).aspx

For example:

Bars.Session.GetNextBeginEnd(BarsArray[0], 0, out sessionBegin, out sessionEnd);
TimeSpan diff = sessionEnd.Subtract(Time[0]);
Print(diff.ToString());

[rafe0304]

no idea why, but "Bars.FirstBarOfSession" is never true in my setting, not even the first time OnBarUpdate is called.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello rafe0304,

This would only be true on the first bar after a session closes.

This an example and would only be used if you are wanting to print than information on the first bar of a new session.

Attached is an example strategy that prints the time any time this condition is true. Are you finding that this example does not print?