I might be missing something in your question but if you want to know if a new bar has arrived, you could just check the value of barindex?
LastBar = LastValue(BarIndex( ));
prevLastBar = StaticVarGet( "prevlastbar" );
// Initialise
if (IsNull(prevLastBar )){
prevLastBar = LastBar;
StaticVarSet( "prevlastbar" , prevLastBar) ;
}
if (LastBar > prevLastBar) {
_TRACE("New Bar");
StaticVarSet( "prevlastbar" , LastBar);
}
Regards,
Jules.
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amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, "scourt2000" <stevehite@x ..> wrote:
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> Would it be of value to any other real-time traders here (besides me, of course) to have Amibroker automatically notify a script when the 1st tick of a new bar is coming into the script?
This way, you don't have to know what kind of bar you're dealing with (minute-based, tick-based, volume-based) and try to do the calc yourself.
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> I guess it would be something like a toggle trigger that you check in a simple IF condition and that toggle is only entered into on the 1st tick of each new bar.
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> Just wanted to get an idea of the interest before going through the formal procedure of entering it into the Amibroker wish list area.
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> Thanks.
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