GetCurrentBid / Ask .... .an equivalent for Last Price?

[llanqui]

I have a mouse event that needs to get the immediate current Last Price and not wait for a new bar.

My indicator needs to be set to Calculat.OnPriceChange and the mouse event could fire before the bar closes (OnBarUpdate)

(for fast scalping)

so the code needs to not wait for a bar close

Is there an equivalent fo GetCurrentBid / Ask for Last Price?

Or, should I get it from OnMarketData?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello llanqui,

The last will update with the bar. With Calculate.OnPriceChange() the Close[0] will always be the current ask price.

Or you can save this to a variable from OnMarketData().

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/onmarketdata.htm

[llanqui]

Which fires first...OnMarketData or OnBarUpdate???

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello llanqui,

There is no guarantee to the order, however OnBarUpdate() will typically run first.

[llanqui]

Ok

but also I found that Close[0] does not work inside a mouse click or keydown event...so I need to use OnMarketData

I think it is giving the Close[0] of the first bar on the chart...

So, it would be a good thing to have something like GetCurrentPrice() in addition to GetCurrentBid/Ask()

[llanqui]

also, it seems that Close[0] does not work inside OnOrderUpdate()

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello llanqui,

TriggerCustomEvent() must be used to access series from non-data-driven methods.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/triggercustomevent.htm

[llanqui]

ok

also OnMarketData works well it seems