Daily data on 5-minute chart

[xtremel]

Hi, I'm trying to add different data series to a 5-minute chart, but I keep getting this error: Error on calling 'OnBarUpdate' method on bar 0: Index was outside the bounds of the array.

else if (State == State.Configure)
{
AddDataSeries(Data.BarsPeriodType.Minute, 60); // [1]
AddDataSeries(Data.BarsPeriodType.Minute, 120); // [2]
AddDataSeries(Data.BarsPeriodType.Minute, 240); // [3]
AddDataSeries(Data.BarsPeriodType.Day, 1); // [4]
}

else if (State == State.DataLoaded)
{


SMA_5_50 = SMA(Close, 50);
SMA_60_50 = SMA(Closes[1], 50);
SMA_120_50 = SMA(Closes[2], 50);
SMA_240_50 = SMA(Closes[3], 50);
SMA_Day_50 = SMA(Closes[4], 50);
SMA_Day_100 = SMA(Closes[4], 100);
SMA_Day_200 = SMA(Closes[4], 200);
}


protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
if (BarsInProgress != 0)
return;

if (CurrentBars[0] < 1
|| CurrentBars[4] < 1)
return;

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello xtremel,

From the given code I cant see what may be the problem, do you know specifically which line in OnBarUpdate is having an error?

[xtremel]

Hi Jesse,

I only have this for now:

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
if (BarsInProgress != 0)
return;

if (CurrentBars[0] < 1
|| CurrentBars[4] < 1)
return;

Print(SMA_5_50[0]);
Print(SMA_Day_200[0]);
}

Error: Indicator 'MySMAs2': Error on calling 'OnBarUpdate' method on bar 1: Index was outside the bounds of the array.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello xtremel,

Do you have enough bars to load for the primary to allow for 200 daily bar to be used? You would also need to change the || CurrentBars[4] < 1) to || CurrentBars[4] < 200) to match the required data.

You may want to use the AddDataSeries with a BarsToLoad so you can specify 200 daily bars.

AddDataSeries(string instrumentName, BarsPeriod barsPeriod, int barsToLoad, string tradingHoursName, bool? isResetOnNewTradingDay)

[xtremel]

In my 5-minute chart, I only have loaded data for the last 30 days. Do I need to load data for 200 days? I would rather not load 200 days of data in a 5-minute chart.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello xtremel,

As you are trying to use a daily SMA with a period of 200 that would require at least 200 bars to calculate the value.

[xtremel]

Is it possible to push the value of the daily SMA 200 from a daily chart (365 days of data loaded) to a 5-minute chart (20 days of data loaded)?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello xtremel,

In NinjaScript the script only sees the data that you add in code so you would need to add a daily series and have enough bars to load to account for the period of data you need. You can create a 5 minute chart that has that many days to load or use the AddDataSeries statement that lets you specify a number of bars to load, that was shown in post 4.