RoundToTickSize

[JBU1314]

Hi, I am trying to use this command but can't figure out how to do it correctly. NT8 Help Guide says only "NEEDS EXAMPLE" . I am trying to limit the decimals in my Ninjascript output table and wanted to use this command. Any idea how to accomplish that? Thank you so much

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello JBU1314,

Do you have a link to the help guide page that has the text needs example?

Are you trying to print to the output window?
(New -> Output Window)

(myDouble.ToString())

[JBU1314]

Hi Chelsea,
Thanks for the feedback, I tying to print to output window.
(myDouble.ToString()) - I put this in front of my code I want to print?

Somehow I cant get the full link but it is easy to find:
NT8 Helpguide - Ninjascript - Alphabetical Reference - R - RoundToTickSize

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello JBU1314,

No, you would use Print() to print. And use .ToString() on a double when printing this or concatenating with another string.

myDouble is an example of a variable name. This would be whatever variable you are trying to print.

Below is a link to a video that demonstrates prints.

https://www.screencast.com/t/TvUGSvfxdXt

Below I am providing the link to the help guide page in question.

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/roundtoticksize.htm

As an example try:
Print(Instrument.MasterInstrument.RoundToTickSize( 100.31).ToString());

[JBU1314]

Thank you!

[JBU1314]

Chelsea, I am trying to implement your suggestion but cant seem to make much progress. Here my code:
I want to round to 2 decimals with date / time /etc. I have shortcut i use:

private void P(string msg)
{
Print(Time[0].ToShortDateString() + " " + Time[0].ToShortTimeString() + ":" + msg);
}

So a sample message I want to round is the current ATR level at entry:
P("ATR at Entry is:" + _atr[0]);
Where would I implement the rounding command? I tried everything and there is no example in the help guide.
Thanks

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

Thank you for these added details JBU1314. To print a decimal out to 2 places, we can use a format string :

[FONT=Courier New]Print([B]String.Format([/B]"ATR at Entry is: [B]{0:0.00}[/B]"[B],[/B] _atr[0][B])[/B]);[/FONT]

This publicly available MSDN link has more information on format strings.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0c899ak8.aspx

[koganam]

Chelsea, I am trying to implement your suggestion but cant seem to make much progress. Here my code:
I want to round to 2 decimals with date / time /etc. I have shortcut i use:

private void P(string msg)
{
Print(Time[0].ToShortDateString() + " " + Time[0].ToShortTimeString() + ":" + msg);
}

So a sample message I want to round is the current ATR level at entry:
P("ATR at Entry is:" + _atr[0]);
Where would I implement the rounding command? I tried everything and there is no example in the help guide.
Thanks

P("ATR at Entry is: " + RoundToTickSize(_atr[0]));

[JBU1314]

Thank you. This works great

[JBU1314]

Hi Koganam,
Thanks for the response but this does not seem to work. Any advice? Rounding to TickSize of course would be best.

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

To clarify JBU1314, koganam is giving instructions on how to round the actual value to the nearest tick, and that advice can be combined with mine. I am not actually affecting the value; rather, my advice affects how the data is displayed.

If you would like to display data to the nearest tick rounded to 2 decimal places, that is

[FONT=Courier New]Print(String.Format("ATR at Entry is: {0:0.00}", RoundToTickSize(_atr[0])));[/FONT]

[sledge]

Hi Koganam,
Thanks for the response but this does not seem to work. Any advice? Rounding to TickSize of course would be best.

What is your output? What doesn't work exactly?
What do you expect/want to see?