how to skip past sessions when using FirstBarOfSession

[savekad]

how can i condition a code to the first bar of the last session on the chart?

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello savekad,
You can use the below code to do it.

if (FirstTickOfBar && Bars.LastBarOfSession)
{
   //do something
}

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?firsttickofbar.htm

The LastBarOfSession is not officially supported and thus not documented.

[savekad]

how will i be able to skip sessions that already ended?

the main idea is to load a lot of historical data but to execute a code only when reaching the first tick of the first bar of the current session, avoiding redundant evaluations of past sessions.

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello savekad,
If you do not want to evaluate your code for historical data you can simply use the below code to filter it out.

if (Historical) return;

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?historical.htm

[savekad]

but that's not it.

i want the code to run once when OBU() evaluating the first bar of the current session. if i use:

if (Bars.FirstBarOfSession && FirstTickOfBar)
{
// code
}

then the code will run one time for each past session and i want to avoid that.

how do i do that?

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello savekad,
You can further check for the time too to do it.

If you try the below code then are you able to get the correct values

if (Bars.FirstBarOfSession && this.FirstTickOfBar && Bars.GetTradingDayFromLocal(Time[0]).Date == DateTime.Now.Date)
{
  // do something
}

[savekad]

please refer me to some reading about Bars.GetTradingDayFromLocal.

i've looked for it and couldn't find anything.

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello savekad,
Unfortunately the Bars.GetTradingDayFromLocal function is not officially supported and thus not documented.