How to know the periodtype of the chart you are executing a strategy?

[sercava]

I want to make some calculations within a strategy that let me automatically set different values depending on the period of the bar.

For example, if I want the value of a SMA of the last day. It will be a SMA(24) in an hourly chart
of a continuous traded instrument (like Forex), SMA(48) in 30' chart and so on.

I want something like SMA(24h/period)

Is it possible?

Thanks in advance,

Sergio

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hi Sergio,

Thanks for your post and question. You want to know the period that chart is in so that your strategy can adjust to the various timeframes. To accomplish this you can use BarsPeriod.BasePeriodType to obtain the period type chart (minute, hour, days, etc.) and the BarsPeriod.Value to obtain the integer value of the period.

This information and more about BarsPeriod can be found in the help guide at this link: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...barsperiod.htm

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.