Bar Counter - incrementation every X bars

[Pabulon]

Hi

I'd like my BarCounter of 1 minute chart to print the same numbers as of on my 5m chart. Which means number every 5th bar with nothing in between.
How could I achieve that? Or maybe is out there somewhere the counter that counts every 5th bar?

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello Pabulon,

Thank you for your post.

Are you just looking to get the bar index every 5th bar?

You could use a counter variable that is incremented on each pass on OnBarUpdate() (if using Calculate.OnBarClose), when the counter = 5 you can print out the CurrenBar to get the index of the bar then reset the counter back to 0.

Please let us know if you have any further questions.

[Pabulon]

5min chart ________1Mchart

I I I I I I I I I______ __I_I_I_I_I_I_I_I_I_I_I_I_I_I
1 2 3 4 5 6______________1 ______2 _____3

I'm looking for smth like above. I hope it represents with clarity what I'm thinking about.

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello Pabulon,

Thank you for your response.

You can achieve this with a counter variable as described above and using Draw.Text().

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpguides/nt8/draw_text.htm

Please see the attached sample which demonstrates.

[Pabulon]

Yeah that's what I was hoping for. Thanks for help. Though if you could apply that syntax into regular BarCounter so that it actually starts with the start of the session - that would've be perfection.
Ofc I aprreciate your help and I can take it from here but it's still not an easy task because I lack basics in coding.

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello,

You would simply need to reset the counter when Bars.IsFirstBarOfSession is true.

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

Please let us know if you have any further questions.

[Pabulon]

Great. Last thing - how could I lower the FontSize and Align it more properly because atm it looks like below - it overlaps with the bar. I assume it's to be set somewhere in this line
Draw.Text(this, "barNumber" + CurrentBar, barCounter.ToString(), 1, Low[0] - TickSize, Brushes.Gray)
Sorry for noob question but so far you helped me greatly. One last small step remained

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello,

To specify a font size for your drawing object you will need to use a SimpleFont and the Draw.Text() overload that lets you specify a SimpleFont parameter.

Draw.Text(NinjaScriptBase owner, string tag, bool isAutoScale, string text, int barsAgo, double y, int yPixelOffset, Brush textBrush, SimpleFont font, TextAlignment alignment, Brush outlineBrush, Brush areaBrush, int areaOpacity)

For example:

// create custom Courier New, make it big and bold
NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.SimpleFont myFont = new NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.SimpleFont("Courier New", 12) { Size = 50, Bold = true };​

// draw text on chart using SimpleFont myFont
Draw.Text(this, "MyObject", true, "My Text", 0, Low[0] - TickSize, 0, Brushes.Cyan, myFont, null, null, 100);

If you want to adjust the position of the text in relation to the bar, you will need to adjust the double y parameter.

Please let us know if you have any further questions.

[ETFVoyageur]

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