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

1 SessionIterator sessionIterator;
2 
3 protected override void OnStateChange()
4 {
5     if (State == State.Historical)
6     {
7         sessionIterator = new SessionIterator(Bars);
8     }
9 }
10 
11 protected override void OnBarUpdate()
12 {
13     // on new bars session, find the next trading session
14     if (Bars.IsFirstBarOfSession)
15     {
16         // use the current bar time to calculate the next session
17         sessionIterator.GetNextSession(Time[0], true);
18 
19         Print("The current session start time is " + sessionIterator.ActualSessionBegin);
20     }
21 }