Can I get last known tick time?

[rfsettling]

Hello

I'm interested in getting time of last tick. Not Time[0], because it gives me truncated to chart period time, but a "real" time, with seconds and milliseconds

There are very useful methods GetCurrentBid()/GetCurrentAsk(). I wish there was a method like GetCurrentTime()


Thanks in advance

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello rfsettling,

Thanks for your post.

If you run your code with the calculate mode of OnEachTick, Time[0] will provide the time of the last tick. You can test with a print statement such as:
Print (Time[0].Hour+":"+Time[0].Minute+":"+Time[0].Second+":"+Time[0].Millisecond);

[rfsettling]

I tested.

And what I got (see attachment)

My code

namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Strategies
{

    public class MyCustomStrategy : Strategy
    {
        protected override void OnStateChange()
        {
            if (State == State.SetDefaults)
            {
                Description = @"Enter the description for your new custom Strategy here.";
                Name = "MyCustomStrategy";
                Calculate = Calculate.OnEachTick;
            }
        }

        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
            base.OnBarUpdate();
            if (State==State.Realtime)
                Print(Time[0].Hour + ":" + Time[0].Minute + ":" + Time[0].Second + ":" + Time[0].Millisecond);
        }
    }
}

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello rfsettling,

Thanks for your reply.

Correct, on time based bars that would be expected. For time based bars, you could add a tick series and obtain the time of the last tick from the tick series (or any non time based bars).

Alternatively, you can you can access from OnMarketData, here is an example:

		protected override void OnMarketData(Data.MarketDataEventArgs marketDataUpdate)
		{
 			if (marketDataUpdate.MarketDataType == Data.MarketDataType.Last)
			Print (String.Format("{0:HH:mm:ss:ffff}", marketDataUpdate.Time));
		}

Output example:
08:21:30:9580
08:21:31:3330
08:21:31:3330
08:21:31:8300
08:21:31:8360
08:21:32:7350

[curious]

Hello rfsettling,

Thanks for your reply.

Correct, on time based bars that would be expected. For time based bars, you could add a tick series and obtain the time of the last tick from the tick series (or any non time based bars).

Alternatively, you can you can access from OnMarketData, here is an example:

 protected override void OnMarketData(Data.MarketDataEventArgs marketDataUpdate)
{
if (marketDataUpdate.MarketDataType == Data.MarketDataType.Last)
Print (String.Format("{0:HH:mm:ss:ffff}", marketDataUpdate.Time));
}

What kind of time it returns: local time / exchange server time?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello curious,

That depends on the provider being used. You can see a list of providers and if they offer Real-Time Timestamps here: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...tsub=providers