Data from another timeframe

[sunman4008]

Hello,

New to Ninja. I want to create a generic function like moving average but I want to be able to access it for different timeframes. How would I do that?

[NinjaTrader_AlanS]

Data from another timeframe

Hello sunman4008,

Thanks for writing in to our Support team.

You can use the BarsArray method to access data series that were added via the AddDataSeries() method.

protected override void OnStateChange()
{
 
  if (State == State.SetDefaults)
  {
    Name = "Examples Indicator";     
  }
  else if (State == State.Configure)
  {
    // Add a 5 minute Bars object which is added to the BarArray 
    // which will take index 1 since the primary Bars object of the strategy 
    // will be index 0 
    AddDataSeries(BarsPeriodType.Minute, 5); 
  }
} 
 
protected override void OnBarUpdate() 
{ 
  // Ignore bar update events for the supplementary Bars object added above 
  if (BarsInProgress == 1) 
    return; 
 
  // Pass in a Bars object as input for the simple moving average method 
  // Evaluates if the 20 SMA of the primary Bars is greater than 
  // the 20 SMA of the secondary Bars added above 
  if (SMA(20)[0] > SMA(BarsArray[1], 20)[0]) 
    EnterLong(); 
}

For further reference, you can refer to this link to our help guide that goes over the BarsArray object:
http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG.../barsarray.htm

You can also refer to this forum post that goes over how to submit orders to different bar objects/time frames:
http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...ead.php?t=5787

You should also keep in mind that when accessing a secondary data series it is sometimes necessary to wait for data using

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

Please let me know if I may be of any further assistance.