Run a strategy 10 seconds before 15 minute bar closes

[exy2000]

Hi guys,

I am a bit stuck so if anyone can point me in the right direction, I would be most appreciative.

I have a strategy that runs OnBarUpdate which runs when the bar closes. What I want to do is run it 10 seconds before the bar closes.

The strategy exports some price data along with some indicator data to a text file. Nothing too exciting.

Is this possible?

Any sample code would be fantastic,

Thanks in advance,

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for the post.

You could likely do this a few ways.

One would be to utilize a Secondary Series and then check that the Secondary series time is Greater than or Equal to the next Primary Series time minus 10 seconds.

Here is an example of Calculating the next 15 minute time, and subtracting 10 seconds from that time:

protected override void Initialize()
{
    Add("ES 09-17", PeriodType.Second, 10);
}

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
    if (CurrentBars[0] < 1 || CurrentBars[1] < 1) return;
    if (BarsInProgress == 1)
    {
        DateTime targetTime = Times[0][0].AddMinutes(15).AddSeconds(-10);
        Print(Times[1][0] + " + " + targetTime);
        if (Times[1][0] == targetTime) { Print("10 seconds before Time"); }
    }
}

Please keep in mind that this adds specifically 15 minutes to the primary bars time. This does not account for the session or have any other special considerations. If you needed to, you could add further logic to account for other situations as you see the need.


I look forward to being of further assistance.

[exy2000]

Thanks Jesse, I will get testing!