Strategy to draw only on current bars

[RT001]

Hi,

I understand my question is a little complicated, and I cannot post all my code, but I'll try to explain as well as I can my problem. I have a strategy that draws and relies on RegionHighlightY zones on the chart, that I use to manage entries and exits. Everything works well, except that when the markets are closed, I would like to set up my zone in advance for the next morning, but if I leave my strategy as-is, they are not appearing until the first bar of the market open.

Some details:
- the strategy needs to work in Calculate.OnPriceChange
- at first I was using

if (State == State.Historical) {return;}

to prevent the strategy to draw everywhere when not in real-time, but that part prevents me to set up in advance my region when the markets are closed
- I changed that part for

if ((CurrentBar < Count-1)

, but it's causing me issues I didn't have before, saying there is no instance of an object (most likely a drawing object missing somewhere)
- if I could only keep the strategy working on state realtime it would be better, because on the historical bars it is very slow before reaching realtime.

So the strategy works and I understand it might be difficult for you to give hints without seeing the rest of the code, but if there's something that crosses your mind I'd be happy to try it!

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi RT001, thanks for posting. Depending on what kind of bar you are using on the chart, you can look for a certain time stamp on the current bar and perform the draw at the end of the session (or some time very close to the end). See the SessionIterator:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/NT%20HelpGuide%20English.html?sessioniterator.htm

This will let you get the session to begin and end time, then you can set up a condition that will execute when a certain timestamp is seen or when within in a certain time frame.

This example might also be helpful:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/NT%20HelpGuide%20English.html?separating_logic_to_either_cal.htm

https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...to_limit_t.htm - time filter

Kind regards,
-ChrisL

[RT001]

Nice! Thanks for your help Chris!