direction of current bar - page 2

[William Roeder]

1. rlarz: Close[0] > Open[0] should work but Close value appears to be empty until the bar is complete. I

   Close[0] is not empty. It is exactly equal to Bid. Your problem is elsewhere.
   

2. rlarz: just want to know if the current price (often called Last in other languages) is greater than or less than the current bar's Open.

   double GetBarDirection()
   {
           if(Open[0]>Bid) return -1.0;
           else if(Open[0]<Bid) return 1.0;
           else return 0.0;
   }

    It doesn't work either. All bars = 0.0;

   There is nothing wrong with that code. It does exactly what you stated, for the current bar. Your problem is elsewhere.