get current periodtype and period

[zooinek]

Hello,

I need to ask you something..
I would like to create new strategy and in the Initialize() add another chart but with the same timeframe as the default chart..

you know what I mean...
you will run my strategy on EURUSD Minute-30 timeframe.
And my strategy have to count some data from GBPUSD chart with the same timeframe as the default, so in this example it means Minute-30 timeframe.

So how can I get PeriodType instance of the current default timeframe where the stratedy is running? And also the "period" integer?

Thank you

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello Zooinek,

Thank you for your post.

Unfortunately you will have to hard code this. There is no way to dynamically change the period or interval type used. The properties you would need to use can't be accessed from within the Initialize() method.