time fdax

[bebbus]

Hi, I saw that the fdax chart goes one minute ahead of the computer's time. while sp500 is identical. why?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello bebbus,

This is likely due to the bar types being used.

Bars in NinjaTrader are marked with the close time of the bar.

With a time based bar, we can predict at what time the bar will close and will show this time on the bar.

For example, on a 5 minute chart if the time is 9:00:02 the bar will show 9:05 as the close time of that bar.

For movement based bars that are not based on time, it is not possible to predict when these will close. Instead the current time is shown on the bar until the bar closes and that time becomes the close time.