Loading a day background data series

[traderpards]

I'm trying to write an indicator that gives the point of control on a daily basis and I need to load a daily background data series.

 AddDataSeries( BarsPeriodType.Day, 1 );

The problem is no matter how many days I load on the chart with this indicator I'm trying to write running, the value for CurrentBars[1] is always -1, which means that

[CODE]
if (CurrentBars[0] < BarsRequiredToPlot
|| CurrentBars[1] < BarsRequiredToPlot) return;
[/CODE

OnBarUpdate gets bounced out of at the beginning.

Why in the world wouldn't I be able to load a daily background data series?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello traderpards,

Your code checks if either CurrentBars[0] is greater than BarsRequiredToPlot OR CurrentBars[1] is greater than BarsRequiredToPlot.

Since you are using an or '||' either can be true. Both don't have to be true because you are not using an and '&&'.

If CurrentBars[0] is greater than BarsRequiredToPlot and CurrentBars[0] is -1, the condition is still going to evaluate as true since CurrentBars[0] is greater than BarsRequiredToPlot.


My guess is that it is loading a 1 day series, but your script is hitting an error before getting to the data of that series.