Bar time is set to the closing time

[searope]

Normally, the bar timestamp is set to the time when the bar has started. In NT8 however, it's set to the closing time.

[brucerobinson]

Yes, you are correct, always has been, in 8 and earlier versions & no way to change

[searope]

I'm loosing trust in the platform. These "little" discrepancies add up.

[brucerobinson]

Welcome to Ninjatrader.
You can put in a Feature Request asking for it to be changed.
Good luck with that

[NinjaTrader_JustinD]

Hello searope,

Thank you for using NinjaTrader.


All bars in NinjaTrader 8 are stamped using the closing time regardless of interval, data provider, or instrument for consistency. This also allows multiple data series with different intervals to be printed on the same chart and remain synced to the clock. A complete overview of this may be read in our NinjaTrader 8 Help Guide - How Bars Are Built


Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

[brucerobinson]

Classic NT ‘answer’ - not. The OP’s question was ‘normally’, I.e. what they are familiar with in the rest of the tradingverse, time-stamped with the Open.
Reasons given being for consistency etc are not why Close rather than Open.
This has been discussed elsewhere on the Forum.
Conclusion - there is no reason Open cannot be used as bar timestamp, as other Platforms do.
Ninja Development have looked in to making it User-switchable which is feasible, but concluded against doing so due to farther reaching implications.
Seems fair enough.

[MiCe1999]

If you want 'Open' time stamp in the data box, just create an indicator that plots close of the previous bar.