BarsInProgress - Question

[r2kTrader]

I have this at the very beginning of OnBarUpdate(). It's a strategy.

if (BarsInProgress != 0)
{
return;
}

//Only process if bar being updated is our 1st bar.
if (BarsInProgress == 1)
{
Print("This should not be seen");
}


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How come I can see the print statement above? I thought my first if() was going to return if true?

What am I missing ??

[UPDATE]
Something was flaky. I just shutdown Ninja, re-opened, and it seems to be processing correctly. Weird.


Thank you,


r2kTrader

[mgbloomfield]

Have you read this?

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/CurrentBarSeries.html

OnBarUpdate is called for each indicator you have added to a strategy.

Try this...

// Process if OnBarUpdate is called for one indicator.
if (BarsInProgress == 0)
{
Print("BarsInProgress == 0");
}

// Process if OnBarUpdate is called for another indicator.
if (BarsInProgress == 1)
{
Print("BarsInProgress == 1");
}

[r2kTrader]

Have you read this?

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/CurrentBarSeries.html

OnBarUpdate is called for each indicator you have added to a strategy.

Try this...

// Process if OnBarUpdate is called for one indicator.
if (BarsInProgress == 0)
{
Print("BarsInProgress == 0");
}

// Process if OnBarUpdate is called for another indicator.
if (BarsInProgress == 1)
{
Print("BarsInProgress == 1");
}

Ok, now I am completely confused. And I am still having issues.

Yes, I read that post you gave me like 20 times. It's slowly seeping in. A lot to digest.

So onBarUpdate() is called as per the indicator in the strategy and not as per the added instruments? So if I have additional instruments on different time frames, I don't get an OnBarUpdate for each added time/instrument?

It would be nice if there was some visuals for a lot of the NT concepts. It's very difficult to wrap one's mind around some of the concepts. For example, when do you need to sync a DataSeries and when not? Confusing. I am sure it will all come to me sooner or later, but grasping this is a bear at the moment.

By the way, thank you for helping. I am going to re-read the BarInProgress thread again.

[mgbloomfield]

So onBarUpdate() is called as per the indicator in the strategy and not as per the added instruments? So if I have additional instruments on different time frames, I don't get an OnBarUpdate for each added time/instrument?

Let me rephrase what I said... I misquoted...

Instead of saying, "OnBarUpdate is called for each indicator you have added to a strategy", I should've said, "OnBarUpdate is called for each instrument you have added to a strategy".

Another helpful article is... http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...ameInstruments