BarStatus

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Returns a numerical value, indicating the status of the most recent tick in the current bar of the specified data series.

A value of 0 indicates that the tick is the opening tick of the bar, 1 indicates that the tick is within the bar, and 2 indicates that the tick is the closing tick of the bar.

AllowSendOrdersAlways set to True allows order generation even when barstatus is not defined (-1 will be returned).

Usage

BarStatus(DataNum)

Where:

DataNum - a numerical expression specifying the data number of the series.

If DataNum is not specified, a value for the current data series will be returned.

Example

BarStatus(1)

Will return a value of 2 if the current tick in the data series with the data number 1 is the closing tick of a bar.

if BarStatus(1) = 2 then
   Print("This is the closing tick of the bar.");

Will print the specified message on the last tick of the current bar.