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BarStatus

318 bytes added, 18:25, 12 August 2014
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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|AllowSendOrdersAlways]]''' set to True allows order generation even when barstatus is not defined (-1 will be returned). == Usage ====
<syntaxhighlight>BarStatus(DataNum)</syntaxhighlight>
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 ====<syntaxhighlight>BarStatus(1)will </syntaxhighlight>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.
with the data number <syntaxhighlight>if BarStatus(1 ) = 2 then Print("This is the closing tick of a the bar.");</syntaxhighlight> Will print the specified message on the last tick of the current bar.
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