ActualSessionBegin

Definition

Obtains the sessions start date and start time converted to the user’s configured Time Zone.

In order to obtain historical ActualSessionBegin information, you must call GetNextSession from a stored SessionIterator object.

Property Value

A DateTime structure that represents beginning of a trading session.

Syntax

SessionIterator.ActualSessionBegin

Example

SessionIterator sessionIterator;
protected override void OnStateChange()
{
    if (State == State.Historical)
    {
        sessionIterator = new SessionIterator(Bars);
    }
}
protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
    // on new bars session, find the next trading session
    if (Bars.IsFirstBarOfSession)
    {
        // use the current bar time to calculate the next session
        sessionIterator.GetNextSession(Time[0], true);
        Print("The current session start time is " + sessionIterator.ActualSessionBegin);
    }
}