Trading Range for past 2 hours

[Sweet&Sour]

Hi

I would like to measure the trading range for the past 2 hours. Now i'm struggling with the DateTime constructor to get the start time from now (last candle in chart, no historical stuff), 2 hours back.

DateTime startDateTime = new DateTime(DateTime.Today.Year, DateTime.Today.Month, DateTime.Today.Day, (DateTime.Now.Hour - 2) , DateTime.Now.Minute, 0);

DateTime endDateTime = new DateTime(DateTime.Today.Year, DateTime.Today.Month, DateTime.Today.Day, DateTime.Now.Hour, DateTime.Now.Minute, 0);

int startBarsAgo = Bars.GetBar(startDateTime);
int endBarsAgo = Bars.GetBar(endDateTime);

Thanks for your help...

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello Sweet&Sour,

Thanks for your question.

I would advise to use the Time object to get the time of the close of the last bar so you can easily subtract 2 hours from that time to get the bar number from 2 hours ago. The barsAgo reference would be CurrentBar minus this value.

For example:

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
	Print(Bars.GetBar(Time[0].Subtract(new TimeSpan(2,0,0)))); // Bar number from 2 hours ago
	Print(CurrentBar); // Current Bar number
	Print(""); // Extra line
}

The Time object is documented here: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...eries_time.htm

Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to assist.