get the value of a bar in $.

[stephletrader]

Hello
I'm trying to get the value of a bar ( Close - Open) in $.
I searched for information in the doc and came up with a script that doesn't satisfy me.
I missed something but I don't know what or where to find it.
(I think it's the lot size, but is this info accessible by code in NT8?)
If one of you could take a look at my code and tell me what's wrong.
Thank you in advance.

double ValeurDuTick =  TickSize;
            Print("Tick Value " +ValeurDuTick.ToString());

            double value = 1/TickSize;
            Print("TickSize " + value);

            Print("Open " + Open[1]);
            Print("Close " + Close[1]);
            value =Close[1] -Open[1];
            Print("Value in points " + value);

            value =value / TickSize;
            Print("Value in ticks " + value);

            value =value* ValeurDuTick;
            Print("Value in $ " + value);​

The result

Tick Value 0,015625
TickSize 64
Open 109,453125
Close 109,671875
Value in points 0,21875
Value in ticks 14
Value in $ 0,21875

[NinjaTrader_Emily]

Hello stephletrader,

Thank you for your post.

You could use PointValue to get the currency value of 1 point:

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

You could then get the value of a tick by multiplying the point value by TickSize. Finally, you could find the difference between the Open and Close in ticks and multiply that by the tick value. Here is an example:

double tickValue, barTicks;

// calculate the value per tick
tickValue = Bars.Instrument.MasterInstrument.PointValue * TickSize;

// calculate the size of the previous bar in ticks
barTicks = Math.Abs(Open[1] - Close[1]) / TickSize;

Print("The value of the previous bar is: " + (tickValue * barTicks));

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance.

[stephletrader]

Thank you, it's perfect. I think I was getting a little complicated :-)