Bar Number from Time ?

[spottysallrite]

How do I get the bar number of a specific time? eg, I'd like to get the bar number of the 1 tick series at thirty seconds after the beginning of a minute. (Seems like Chelsea pointed me to this awhile back. I sure can't find this in the Help Guide. "GetBars [x]" ?)

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello, thanks for writing in. We have this method that will get the bar index given a timestamp:

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

[spottysallrite]

Mmm. That looks like it needs to be implemented from within a chart. I'm trying to do this entirely within a strategy script.

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi, you can still call this from a strategy that is running on a chart, just not from the Control Center.

[spottysallrite]

Well, maybe I'm fixated on that other method. Does "GetBars()" make any sense?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi, there is no method called GetBars() there is only these two which will let you get a bar index:

GetBarIdxByTime()
GetBarIdxByX()