new bar formed?

W

> How we know when a new bar is formed

When the current bar gives its first tick

You can detect this with

...

if (Volume[0]==1) 
 {
   // First tick is here so do stuff for new bar



 }

...

Good Luck

-BB-

Thanks BarrowBoy

you could also:

int barsTotal = 0;

int start()
{
   if(Bars > barsTotal){
      //...do stuff..;
      barsTotal = Bars;
   }
}

I do that in first and I would be sure if something like newBarFormed exists?

also thanks

Chris

i like this better somehow closer to my style.

Thx

but both versions show a new bar even when the price of the current bar changes direction, any reason why?

How about:

Bars is unreliable (doesn't change once you reach max bars in chart) Volume is unreliable (you can miss ticks) Always use time.

start(){
   static datetime Time0; if (Time0 == Time[0]) return; Time0 = Time[0];
   ...

Gosh, this is an old topic!

> Always use time..

Is the right answer

-BB-

  Is time really that reliable ?

  The granularity of Time[0] is in seconds, so if

  within the first second you get two ticks, it would

  count as two newbars. :/