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Postby mno » 08 Jul 2012

Hi,

I have a non-regular (in this case, heiken-ashi) on a tick chart and have:

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if lastbaronchart_s and time > 0901 then begin
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end;
The problem is that the if statement turns true before 0901 and I am wondering why. I also used "seconds" chart instead of ticks and tried

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if lastbaronchart_s and time_s > 090100 then ...
but same thing. It turns true before 090100.

All advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

mno

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Re: lastbaronchart_s

Postby TJ » 08 Jul 2012

Hi,

I have a non-regular (in this case, heiken-ashi) on a tick chart and have:

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if lastbaronchart_s and time > 0901 then begin
.
.
end;
The problem is that the if statement turns true before 0901 and I am wondering why. I also used "seconds" chart instead of ticks and tried

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if lastbaronchart_s and time_s > 090100 then ...
but same thing. It turns true before 090100.

All advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

mno
are you talking about real time? or backtest? or walk forward replay?

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Re: lastbaronchart_s

Postby mno » 09 Jul 2012

In realtime...

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Re: lastbaronchart_s

Postby JoshM » 09 Jul 2012

The problem is that the if statement turns true before 0901 and I am wondering why.
Can you tell why that is a problem/wrong value? Is the time stamp of the last bar on your chart less than 9:01 when receiving real-time data?

Keep in mind that, if your instrument closes at, say, 17:30, the next day before the markets opens, your condition is true, since the last bar of the chart will have a time greater than 9:01. Even though your pc time is less than 9:01 (did you mean to use CurrentTime?)

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Re: lastbaronchart_s

Postby mno » 10 Jul 2012

Thanks JoshM,

I tried with a tick chart vs seconds chart, and it worked fine today - in realtime. I don't understand why this is making a difference. I will try to timestamp the first tick and see why both the conditions are both turning true. The part you mentioned about the last tick (yesterday's) being > the today's open time seem to be the culprit so far. I will look more into it and share if I find anything unusual.

mno


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