Limiting indicator to previous X bars

[WHICKED]

I am looking for code examples for the following:

- Setting an indicator to only compute the last X bars AFTER loading
- Checking if X bars are available on the chart
- Logic for setting an indicator to compute on historical data as well OR to only compute after loading and in realtime

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi Whicked, thanks for posting.

Here are some ideas:

-You can ignore the historical data by adding this to the top of OnBarUpdate:

if(State == State.Historical) return;

//only real time bars after this

-To check if there are x bars on the chart, do:

if(CurrentBar < x) return;

//bar count is greater than x

-You can add a boolean property to your script and toggle the above code example I have e.g.

if(RealTimeOnlyBool)
{
if(State == State.Historical) return;
}

Best regards,
-ChrisL