Stumped as to when EFS runs

[Billmini]

I am stumped as to how to understand when my EFS runs . I am trying to build a trading system that runs live at the end of every bar but does not generate signals while the EFS is loading . What I have done is this :

- I set the preferences for all EFS to run at the close of a bar .

- In my code I check for signals when getBarState == BARSTATE_CURRENTBAR

I then expect my signal code to run at the end of every bar . Well nothing happens . I remove the BarState check and things run but I get the unwanted side effect of getting stale signals firing .
I changed the check to BARSTATE_NEWBAR and things start to work but I thought NEWBAR was only used at the beginning of a bar and not at the end of the bar where I want my code to run .

Have I mis-understood the use of getBarState .... .

I want to remove the preference to have all EFS run at close of bar as I have a tick counter that displays on my chart . What is the most robust method to have a single EFS only run at bar close without this preference checked ?

On a side note I recall at one time seeing a tick counter for the bar in the Cursor window . I coul duse that if it is available but I don't recall how to set it up .

Thanks for your help and reading my ramblings

[gspiker]

Hi,

Check out this very recent thread, and see if it helps:

getCurrentBarIndex

Garth

[gspiker]

Oh...btw...checking for BARSTATE_CURRENTBAR will only tell you that you don't have a NEWBAR and that you aren't having ALLBARS being loaded (ie: first load, or a reload of the script).

So for almost every tick, you will get a barstate of BARSTATECURRENTBAR

[rmclean]

Billmini,
Without knowing the details, I think you could use BARSTATE_NEWBAR, but simply do all your calculations on bars up to and including the prior bar. You would use the fact that the prior bar has an index value of -1.

Bob

[Billmini]

Garth , that furthers my understanding and gives me another tool but I am still unable to get my code executue when I want it :

Here is a test EFS I have .
var price = 0;
var state = 0;

function preMain()
{
//setComputeOnClose(true);
setPriceStudy(true);
setStudyTitle("Test - Trade");
setCursorLabelName("Test - Trade");
}

function main() {

price = close(-1);
state = getBarState();

if ((state==BARSTATE_NEWBAR) && (getCurrentBarIndex ==0))
{debugPrintln("BARSTATE_NEWBAR" + price);} // BARSTATE_NEWBAR
return;
}

I have unchecked the properties that ask EFS to run at close of bar . I have loaded this single EFS on a 25 Tick chart and watch as nothing comes out of the Formula Output Window . Still a bit stumped why I can't see this simple piece of code work at least once per new bar.

[eSignal_JasonK]

Change getCurrentBarIndex to getCurrentBarIndex().

[gspiker]

Jason beat me to it...but in addition if you have it so that all EFS only calculate at close of bar you don't need:

state==BARSTATE_NEWBAR

However, if you plan on changing that global setting to allow tick by tick execution, then the NEWBAR check is needed.


Garth

[Billmini]

Thanks for your timely help folks . My program is now over that hurdle .

Regards Bill