Suggestion: Get account name, change account programmatically

[terenyi]

It's already a great improvement to be able to access the CashValue of the account, etc. However, it would also be nice to be able to access the name of the account. (I for example would need this to verify that the account is set to Sim101 when running a strategy in a special mode.) It would be even nicer to be able to programmatically change the account a strategy uses. This would enable a strategy to put itself in and out of simulation mode (e.g. after a losing streak, etc.).

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

Thanks for the suggestion and I will add this to our beta feedback list.

[terenyi]

I just noticed that the name of the current account CAN be accessed programmatically (might not be supported though):

[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][COLOR=black]Print(Account.Name);[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

Now the questions is if there is any way to switch accounts programmatically too...

[zweistein]

you can do this already using the

Cbi.Accounts.FindByName() function.


Best regards

andreas

www.zweisteintrading.eu

ninjatinymobiletrader

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

Your approach is valid and as you noted outside of what is officially supported.

I must however say:

I highly advise NOT to set this property with a different account object as you will be guaranteed to have unexpected and possible damaging behaviour.

[zweistein]

Ray,

thanks for pointing out.

For myself I am careful and I set the Account object only at the early stages of existance of a strategy object, for sure much earlier than OnBarUpdate.

regards