Candle timer? How to know when a new candle is about to be printed

[Problem_Gambler]

Hi Folks,
Is there a way to know how much longer a candle has before it completes and a new candle starts printing? In tradingview there is a small timer on each candle - just wondering if there is something similar in Ninja Trader. Or perhaps an indicator that does this.
Thanks!

[NinjaTrader_Manfred]

Hello Problem_Gambler,

Thank you very much for your post.

Please add the "Bar Timer" indicator to achieve this. This indicator would count the seconds down until a time-based candle closes.

Please don't hesitate to let me know, should you have any further questions.

Thank you for choosing NinjaTrader!

[Problem_Gambler]

Brilliant thanks!

[SQ009]

@NinjaTrader_Manfred


When I try to add the "bar timer" indicator, it says that it is disabled.

Any ideas to solve this issue?

[NinjaTrader_Manfred]

Hello SQ009,

Thank you very much for your post and welcome to the NinjaTrader forums!

This would usually indicate that you either are using the Bar Timer on a chart that is not based on time (e.g. a volume-, tick-, or Renko-Chart) or that the instrument currently does not receive real-time data.

Please note, you may also find the Tick Counter and Volume Counter indicators on your platform. Those would work with the respective charts.

Please don't hesitate to let me know, should you have any further questions!

[DTSSTS]

Can you use the BarTimer indicator in a strategy such as below

BarTimer[0] < 5;

to trigger an exit using OnPriceChange strategy that would send exit market when BarTimer had counted down to 4

I would assume this would not work in a backtest

[NinjaTrader_Emily]

Hello DTSSTS,

Thank you for your note.

Although you wouldn't be able to directly use the value of the bar timer indicator in the way you have indicated (such as BarTimer[0]), you could calculations similar to how the bar time works into your strategy's logic. The source code for the Bar Timer is available to view in the NinjaScript Editor, and you could see how it uses a System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherTimer object to calculate the barTimeLeft value that is drawn as a text object on the chart. You could add a timer object into your strategy to calculate if there are less than 5 seconds left on the forming bar in order to submit your exit.

For more information, please see the following resources:

• TriggerCustomEvent() - https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ustomevent.htm
  • Note: See the example "Using TriggerCustomEvent() in simple timer event"
• Another timer example may be found under the "Delaying logic for a particular time interval" section on this page:
  • https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...tm#Performance

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance.