Remaining time for the current bar

[StealthM93]

Hello,

I'm using Calculate.OnEachTick. However, I only want to do my processing during the last 5 or 10 seconds of the current bar. My goal is place an order essentially as the bar closes but before the next bar begins. I'm using time based bars (5-minute).

What is the easiest way to determine the remaining time in the current bar?

I could use a BarTimer indicator in my code, but I'm not seeing any method or property that returns number of seconds remaining (or counting up). Further, I couldn't find any webpage or website with a BarTime API. And it isn't listed here: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...indicators.htm

Thanks!
Matt

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi Matt, thanks for your post.

You would need to look at the source code for BarTimer.cs and implement the same timer in your indicator to get the same functionality. There is also the PercentComplete method that could prove useful.

Please let me know if you have any further questions on this.

[StealthM93]

Hi Chris,

Thank you for the quick reply. Reviewing that code, I came up with the following method in my strategy.

[FONT=courier new]private int getSecondsRemaining() {
   // Code/logic taken from BarTimer.cs - Ninja Trader indicator code
   DateTime now = (Cbi.Connection.PlaybackConnection != null ? Cbi.Connection.PlaybackConnection.Now : Core.Globals.Now);
   if (now.Millisecond > 0) now = Core.Globals.MinDate.AddSeconds((long)Math.Floor(now.Subtract(Core.Globals.MinDate).TotalSeconds));

   TimeSpan barTimeLeft = Bars.GetTime(Bars.Count - 1).Subtract(now);
   return barTimeLeft.Seconds;
}[/FONT]

Hopefully that will work. I'll try to remember to come back here to confirm.

Thanks!
Matt