FirstTickOfBar in multi-series script ?

[buylosellhi]

Hi,

I'm running a script which uses multi-timeseries logic and experiencing significant performance issues and wanted to experiment with FirstTickOfBar to avoid redundant calculations intrabar.

Can I use FirstTickOfBar in a multi-series script ? I'm asking because some of the functions cant be used in a multi-series script. Also, because the series I'm using are price based and not time based, they dont neatly line up - meaning that my base chart series might be intrabar but the internally created series may have just finished the bar. Can FirstTickOfBar recognize the first tick of the BarsInProgress>0 series ?

I hope I'm clear in what I'm asking.

Thanks in advance for your help

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

Hi buylosellhi, yes, FirstTickOfBar works for any series in any script.

[buylosellhi]

Austin, thanks for your reply. So lets say if I'm adding 4 more series and i want to execute only if one of the BarsInProgress has the first tick, can i just use

if (!FirstTickOfBar) return;

and would that automatically recognize whichever BarsInProgress is being processed or do I have to outline this more specifically ?

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

That code should reject all ticks that aren't the first tick, no matter what bar series the tick is coming from. Is that not how it is behaving?

[buylosellhi]

havent modified my script yet. but i think this whole idea looks promising. thanks again

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

You can also take a look at this reference sample that shows how to separate logic between the first tick of a bar and every tick for additional ideas - http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/...ad.php?t=19387.