Bar Counter Label

[grapetux]

I'm looking to have a label on my 5min chart which keeps a basic count of which bar we are on.
There are 81 5min bars in the RTH session and it would be helpful to refer to a bar counter for context
For example there is a 90% chance the high or low of day is present by bar 18 (from Al Brooks lectures)
Anyway, appreciate any input or ideas, cheers.

 

[Svanoy]

@grapetux
Not at home to test, but this should work.

input Reset_Time = 0930; # Time of first bar.

def Start = 
(SecondsTillTime(Reset_Time)[1] > 0 and SecondsTillTime(Reset_Time) <= 0)
    or (SecondsTillTime(Reset_Time)[1] < SecondsTillTime(Reset_Time));

def Bar_Count;
if Start {
Bar_Count = 1;
} else {
Bar_Count = Bar_Count[1] + 1;
}

AddLabel(yes,"Number of bars since RTH open: " + Bar_count, Color.Light_Green);

 

[halcyonguy]

I'm looking to have a label on my 5min chart which keeps a basic count of which bar we are on.
There are 81 5min bars in the RTH session and it would be helpful to refer to a bar counter for context
For example there is a 90% chance the high or low of day is present by bar 18 (from Al Brooks lectures)
Anyway, appreciate any input or ideas, cheers.

there are 78 , 5 min bars during normal hours.
6.5 hours,
390 minutes
390/5 = 78

 

[grapetux]

@grapetux
Not at home to test, but this should work.

input Reset_Time = 0930; # Time of first bar.

def Start =
(SecondsTillTime(Reset_Time)[1] > 0 and SecondsTillTime(Reset_Time) <= 0)
    or (SecondsTillTime(Reset_Time)[1] < SecondsTillTime(Reset_Time));

def Bar_Count;
if Start {
Bar_Count = 1;
} else {
Bar_Count = Bar_Count[1] + 1;
}

AddLabel(yes,"Number of bars since RTH open: " + Bar_count, Color.Light_Green);

Sorry for the late response. This is perfect, thanks very much.

 

[grapetux]

there are 78 , 5 min bars during normal hours.
6.5 hours,
390 minutes
390/5 = 78

I think I was including the extra 15 minutes options are still tradable after the bell.
Thanks for catching that