Bar reference

Tests on the time of the current bar against a session, and the values of the bar: its number, its times and where it stands in the history.

Functions#

bar.close_time_in#

bar.close_time_in([tf], [session], [zone], [offset])

The time at which the bar (or the period of tf it belongs to) closes, when the bar lies inside the session text in the zone; na outside it.

• Effects: none: the result depends on the arguments only.
• Phase: every bar.
• Cost: a fixed number of operations.
• Examples: Window of the day.

bar.time_in#

bar.time_in([tf], [session], [zone], [offset])

The time at which the bar (or the period of tf it belongs to) opens, when the bar lies inside the session text in the zone; na outside it.

• Effects: none: the result depends on the arguments only.
• Phase: every bar.
• Cost: a fixed number of operations.
• Examples: Window of the day.

Values#

• bar.close_time — The time the bar closes.
• bar.index — The number of the bar, counting from 0 at the oldest bar.
• bar.is_closed — True when the bar has closed.
• bar.is_first — True on the oldest bar.
• bar.is_first_of_day
• bar.is_history — True on bars of the past.
• bar.is_last — True on the newest bar.
• bar.is_last_history
• bar.is_last_of_day
• bar.is_live — True while the newest bar is still forming.
• bar.last_index
• bar.last_time
• bar.time — The time the bar opened.