Bar Start Time in Playback

[lahmannjohn]

I would like to create a strategy that trades after a certain time. Trading real time is pretty straight forward using DateTime.Now and comparing that to a specified DateTime. How would I go about doing this for backtesting? I'm having trouble figuring out how to find the date/time info of a bar. Is there a method for getting the timestamp of a bar or the start time?

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello lahmannjohn,

Thank you for your reply.

Time[0] would give you the time of the current bar both in backtesting and real time trading:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/iseries_time.htm

An example of a strategy that only trades within specified hours may be found in our help guide here:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/using_a_time_filter_to_limit_t.htm

If you want Playback time, you can consider using NinjaTrader.Cbi.Connection.PlaybackConnection.Now.

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