if ( BarsInProgress == 1 ) ...starts 20 mins late

[ATI user]

I have the following code in my cs. Running market reply on 1 min and 1000 vol charts it only starts to print at 9:50:00 AM even though the chart session start is 9:30 AM.

This only happens on a 6E and CL chart....for YM chart it works perfectly...even though I have recorded all 3 instruments for the same sessions for a week and I am replaying the last day of that week. Why?


// Add second data series (1 minute Bars object) to pickup Open in a volume chart
Add(PeriodType.Minute, 1);

if ( BarsInProgress == 1 )
Print("BarsInProgress == 1 "+Time);


I am not using BarsRequired

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

>> I am not using BarsRequired
Not sure what you mean. BarsRequired is defaulted to 20 no matter if you "use" it or not.

[ATI user]

I do not have the BarsRequired code in the cs. Are you saying that all charts require a min of 20 bars to start to plot?

Why does the YM chart start from the open of the session instead of 20 1 min bars later like the 6E and CL charts?

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

BarsRequired is a property of a strategy and not a chart. It is defaulted to 20 no matter if you reference it in your code or no. You could try setting it e.g. to 0 in the Initialize() method.