Bars.BarsSinceSession before Session Start time

[mefTrader]

If the Session Start time = 930
Session End Time = 1600

If the time is 900 and I run Bars.BarsSinceSession is the result =-1 or does it report back -29? or something else

Similary for after the Session end time what would I expect for Bars.BarsSinceSession? say it is 1615 what is the expectant result then?


Regards

[NinjaTrader_RyanM]

Hello mefTrader,

Thank you for your post.

Bars.BarsSinceSession will be non-negative and start counting from zero starting at the first bar that opens after the session time.

In your example, you are refering to times that are outside of defined session start and end times. These times won't exist in the context you're working from. There will not be a 9:00 bar or a 16:15 bar. There will be no strategy processing or indicator logic until 9:30.

[mefTrader]

How do I check premarket?

I currently have

(ToTime(DateTime.Now) <= ToTime(9, 30, 00)

Is my Session start time is 930

how can I check if the current time is premarket i.e before 9,30,00 as in this case...

Some thing like the following is what I want to do

(ToTime(DateTime.Now) <= SessionStartTime

can I do something like that?

[mefTrader]

Trying to make it generic! instead of a hard time i.e 9,30,00

[NinjaTrader_RyanM]

(ToTime(DateTime.Now) <= ToTime(9, 30, 00)

That statement will check your current system clock if before 9:30. This will only work in a live environment. (not backtesting)

If you want it to check the system date/time against session start times, you can use the following:

 
if (ToTime(System.DateTime.Now) <= ToTime (Bars.SessionBegin))