In short: NinjaTrader 8 and a chart. That is all Tick/Time + Range + Bar Counter needs.
On daily, weekly and monthly charts the range and bars rows show N/A: a single bar already covers a day or more.
Four corners, then X and Y pixel offsets to nudge it exactly where you want.
Every row updates the moment the chart does. Nothing waits for the bar to close.
Type your own label for each row, up to 32 characters.
Make it look exactly how you want it.
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On tick and time charts, when a setup confirms on the close, the top row shows how long, or how many ticks, until this bar is final. No more acting on a candle that flips in its last seconds.
On a tick chart, ticks left is the clock. A handful left in a fast market means the bar is about to print; plenty left means there is time to wait.
On a tick chart the bar count is a straight read on activity: far more bars than usual at this hour means a fast tape. On a range chart it shows how much price has moved.
The range row shows how far apart the session high and low already are, kept up to date as the session runs, without doing the math.
Want the bar timer explained? Read the full guide → On a tick chart? The tick counter guide and how tick charts work.
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Download the zip, then in NinjaTrader 8 go to Tools → Import → NinjaScript Add-On and pick the file. Add it to any chart from the Indicators list, where it is called TickTimeRangeBarCounter — most traders are done in under a minute. The step-by-step guide covers every message NinjaTrader can show and the update rule.
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It picks by itself. On a tick chart: the ticks left before the bar closes (label TICKS). On a minute or second chart: a countdown to the close (label TIME), in minutes and seconds, with hours on longer bars. On range, volume, Renko and other chart types no one can know when the bar will close, because that depends on what price and volume do next, so it shows how many ticks have built the current bar so far (label BAR TICKS).
It shows --:-- instead of a time it cannot be sure of: on historical data before the chart is live, in Market Replay (the replay clock is not the real clock), and for the one repeated hour when daylight saving ends. It also needs NinjaTrader’s time zone in Tools → Options → General left on System Default; any other setting is not supported, and the countdown usually blanks rather than showing a time.
By default at the session start of your chart’s trading hours template. Switch Session Type to Calendar Day and they reset at midnight instead, which is also the better choice for multi-day Market Replay. The range is the session high minus the session low, with 0 to 4 decimals (2 by default). Load enough days on the chart that today’s session start is included, or the bar count and the range only cover the part of the session that is on the chart.
On a tick chart it estimates the ticks left straight away, never shows 0 before the bar really closes, and is exact from the next bar. On a time chart the countdown is right from the first tick after you add it. On range, volume and Renko charts the row shows --- until the next bar starts, rather than a made-up number.
Twenty settings in six groups, and the three rows they drive. The names in bold are the names in the indicator’s settings window.
On a minute or second chart the top row is a bar timer: a countdown to the bar close in minutes and seconds, with hours on longer bars. Show Tick/Time Row switches it, and the Tick/Time Label left at TICKS names itself TIME on time charts. It redraws only when the number changes, about once a second, and shows --:-- on historical data, in Market Replay and in the repeated hour when daylight saving ends.
On a tick chart the same row is a tick counter: the ticks remaining before the bar closes, counting down as trades come in, the label reading TICKS. Added in the middle of a bar it estimates the ticks left at once, never shows 0 before the bar really closes, and is exact from the next bar. Type your own word into the label and it keeps that word on every chart type.
Range, volume, Renko and other non-time bars close on what price and volume do next, so no tool can tell you when they will close. Here the row shows how many ticks have built the current bar so far, labelled BAR TICKS, and --- until the next bar starts rather than a made-up number. The Range Label and Bars Label rename the other two rows, up to 32 characters each.
Show Range Row adds the session range: the session high minus the session low so far, updated as the session runs, with Range Decimals from 0 to 4 (2 by default). Session Type decides when it resets: Use Chart Session restarts at the session start of your Trading Hours template; Calendar Day restarts at midnight in your chart’s time zone, the better choice for multi-day Market Replay.
Show Bars Row adds the bars so far this session, a straight read on the pace of the tape, and resets with the range on the same Session Type. Load enough days that today’s session start is on the chart, or the count only covers the part that is. Each of the three rows has its own switch, so the panel can be a single line if that is all you want.
Panel Corner puts the panel in any of the four corners, nudged by the Offset X and Offset Y pixels; Font Family (nine) and Font Size (8 to 24) scale it; Panel Style is a Grid box with a column divider or a rounded box; Box Opacity % (10 to 100) fades the background and border, never the text. Label Text Color, Value Text Color, Label Background, Value Background and Border Color each take their own color.
Each row can be switched off or renamed (up to 32 characters). Pick one of nine fonts at size 8 to 24, any of the four corners with an offset of up to 200 px, a Grid box or a rounded box without the divider, and a box opacity from 10 to 100% that leaves the text fully readable. Label text, value text, both backgrounds and the border each take their own color. Leave the top label as TICKS and it switches to TIME or BAR TICKS by itself; type anything else and your text stays.
No. It draws one small panel, and on time charts the countdown only redraws the chart when the number on it changes, about once a second. If your chart ever lags with it on, email us: that’s a bug, not normal.
Yes, on time charts: the top row counts down to the close of the current candle in minutes and seconds, with hours on longer bars, which is what most traders mean by a candle timer. On a tick chart the same row turns into a tick counter, and on range, volume and Renko charts it shows the ticks that have built the bar so far. One indicator; the row names itself by the chart type.
Yes. NinjaTrader 8 ships a Bar Timer indicator that counts down time-based intraday bars only, with one setting of its own (the text position) and the message “Bar timer disabled since the current time is outside session time or chart end date” whenever the session is closed; tick, range and volume bars have their own separate counters (Tick Counter, Range Counter, Volume Counter), each a separate indicator with its own text on the chart. This one puts all of it in one panel on any intraday chart, adds the session range and the bar count, and lets you place, color and rename it. The bar timer guide walks through both.
Yes. On a tick chart the top row is the ticks remaining before the current bar closes, counting down with every trade, labelled TICKS. Add it in the middle of a bar and it estimates at once and is exact from the next bar; the question above on adding it mid-bar has the detail. The bar count row below it says how many bars the session has printed so far, a quick read on the pace of the tape.
Not in time: nobody can know when a range, volume or Renko bar will close, because that depends on what price and volume do next. What the row shows on those charts is the number of ticks that have built the current bar so far, labelled BAR TICKS, and --- until the next bar starts.
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Not for you if you want the tool to tell you when to buy and sell. The panel shows where you are in the bar and the session; the trade is yours.
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