What's the best way to get profits for the day?

[tradefaz]

I'd like to be able to determine the profits for the given day that a bar update is taking place in. So if its Monday, I'd like to know the current profits for the current trading day.

is there a built in way of doing this or will I need to roll it on my own?

Many thanks.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Please check out this reference sample: http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/v...ead.php?t=4084

[tradefaz]

Please check out this reference sample: http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/v...ead.php?t=4084

Thanks, what is the meaning of realtime vs. historical trades? In the code sample I saw this note:

/* NOTE: Using .AllTrades will include both historical virtual trades as well as real-time trades. If you want to only count profits from real-time trades please use .RealtimeTrades. *

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Realtime trades will be trades that occur while you run the strategy. Trades it enters while you have live data streaming in. Historical trades would be trades associated with the historical data set you loaded your strategy onto.

If you loaded your strategy onto a chart of the ES on 9/2/08 at 10AM. All trades that happened before 10AM that the strategy is simulating will be historical trades. All trades that happen after 10AM will be realtime trades.