how does FirsTickOfBar fire

[junkone]

when i start my strategy in 5 minute bars @ 9:23:23, i may be in middle of a bar. when does the FirsTickOfBar fire. would i get it @ 9:25:00 or @ 9:23:23

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

9:25:00. The first tick is when the bar starts building, not when you start your strategy.

[junkone]

how do i get to the first bar of the strategy so that i can perform the same stuff as the firstickofbar

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

junkone,

if (CurrentBar == 0) for first bar of strategy. By default though the first bar that is actually processed is 20 so maybe use if (CurrentBar == 20).

If you want it on each session, if (Bars.FirstBarOfSession).

[junkone]

how many times would Bars.FirstBarOfSession be fired. i have CalculateOnBarClose = false
and do my processing on OnBarUpdate()

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

In a backtest, once per first bar of session. In realtime, on every single tick put into that bar.

[alcamie]

So how would you use FirstTickOfBar in conjuction with OnBarUpdate. For instance.

I wish to evaluate:

Initialize()
{CalculateOnBarClose = false;} /// evaluate on every tick

<------->
OnBarUpdate()
If (IndicatorX >= IndicatorY) /// evaluate on every tick

FirstTickOfBar()
{ EnterTradePositionHere } /// Fire only once condition has been met and only once during that bar at the tick/ next tick after condition has been met.

Is this correct? If not what would be the correct construct for this.

Cheers

Chris

[junkone]

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
if (Historical){
Print("in historical");
return;
}
if (FirstTickOfBar) {

firstTickOfBarSteps();


}
}