Nbr Bars sometimes 2 or 3 but should always be 2?

• 05/20/2018 at 10:13 AM #70923
  David

  As you will see from my sample screenshot of a system report that is trading every 5 minutes on the m5 timeframe. Most it the time the Nbr Bars are 2 but sometimes they are 3. Why is this?

  

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  05/21/2018 at 7:03 AM #70984
  GraHal

  I must be missing something here?? 🙂

  Sometimes it takes 2 x 5 min bars to trigger exit conditions and at other times it takes 3 x 5 min bars?

  

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  05/21/2018 at 7:13 AM #70985
  GraHal

  Aha the coffee is working now!!!

  3 x 5 min  when it should be only 2 x 5 min with reference to open and exit time of the trade! 🙂

  I noted that when it is 3 x 5 min bars then the difference between open and close is > 301 seconds (5 min + 1 sec) for the majority of instances. So I guess the exceptions break the logic of > 301 secs being the reason? 🙁

  Good one for PRT Support to answer?

  

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  05/31/2018 at 9:52 AM #71840
  Carine

  Hello,

  These figures correspond to the number of candlesticks on which the position has remained open.

  Regards,

  Carine

  

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  05/31/2018 at 10:02 AM #71842
  David

  Hello Carine

  We are aware that the bars represent candle sticks but this is 5 minutes per trade so it should always be 2 bars. It opens at a trade at 19:25 and close at 19:30 = 2 bars but it shows 3 bars. Why is it sometimes 3 bars?

  Please have a closer look at the report. Thank you.

  

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