Is there a way in NT to return the number of decimals in the TickSize of a futures contract?

Thanks

i use this code. i got it from the nt forum, cant remember the original author so my apologies.

 

Code

double d = TickSize - (int)TickSize; string dstr = d.ToString(); int decimalplaces = 0; if (dstr.IndexOf(".") > 0) decimalplaces = dstr.Length - 2; else decimalplaces = 0;

I got a solution I did it a little differently.

if (TickSize == 0.1)
Rounding=1;
else if(TickSize == 0.01)
Rounding=2;
else if (TickSize == 0.25)
Rounding=2;
else if (TickSize == 0.005)
Rounding=3;
else if (TickSize == 0.0001)
Rounding=4;
else if (TickSize == 0.0005)
Rounding=4;
else if (TickSize == 0.00005)
Rounding=5;

Even though this is an old post, I had to reply. There is a better way to get the number of decimal places.

 

Code

//Number of decimals places double decimals = Math.Log10(1/TickSize);

cutzpr 

Even though this is an old post, I had to reply. There is a better way to get the number of decimal places.   Code //Number of decimals places double decimals = Math.Log10(1/TickSize);

Nice, but no cigar, needs to handle 0.5 increments (and the like.)

e.g.

 

Code

protected override void OnStartUp () { double decimals = Math.Log10(1/Instrument.MasterInstrument.TickSize); Print("TickSize for " + Instrument + " is " + Instrument.MasterInstrument.TickSize + " and has " + decimals + " decimal places"); }

Gives:

TickSize for FDXM 03-16 Eurex is 1 and has 0 decimal places
TickSize for FDAX 03-16 Eurex is 0.5 and has 0.301029995663981 decimal places
TickSize for ^DAX Xetra is 0.01 and has 2 decimal places

Cheers

bukkan 

i use this code. i got it from the nt forum, cant remember the original author so my apologies.   Code double d = TickSize - (int)TickSize; string dstr = d.ToString(); int decimalplaces = 0; if (dstr.IndexOf(".") > 0) decimalplaces = dstr.Length - 2; else decimalplaces = 0;

Wont work in Europe

 

Code

decimal workTickSize = (decimal)tickSize; workTickSize -= (int)workTickSize; int decimals = 0; while (workTickSize > 0) { decimals++; workTickSize *= 10; workTickSize -= (int)workTickSize; }

the int "decimals" will contain what you need