StreamWriter

[stefy]

Another question on the StreamWriter. I have your StreamWriter Sample. If I want to use it inside a strategy, can I just call it as an indicator?

Since the overload is IDataSeries, should I just put the DataSeries I want to print out to the file?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Not sure what you mean. The sample is just a sample. Not sure if you would actually want to call the sample. You can use StreamWriter just the same in a strategy as you can in an indicator. Might be easier that way.

[stefy]

I meant, in your sample you print out Open, High, Low, Close.
If I want to StreamWrite the Cumulative PNL of my strategy, can I just change your sample accordingly (changing the fields I want to print out) and then just insert StreamWriter into my strategy, as if it were an indicator?
The syntax would be StreamWriter()?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

That should work. The syntax would be incorrect as that is not the indicator name though. The term "StreamWriter" is also already used by C# so you likely can't name your indicator that.

[stefy]

I'm using StreamWriter now to print out to a file the PnL of a Strategy. Since I cannot reference the PnL from an Indicator, I'm adding the StreamWriter to the strategy itself.
I followed your sample and added System.IO and in Variables System.IO.StreamWriter sw, then after the strategy code, the try catch block.

It compiles but in the Log I get "Error on calling OnBarUpdate method: object reference not set to an instance of an object".

What can be wrong? The strategy also doesn't run (all zeroes).

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

You will need to use try-catch blocks throughout your code to try and find where the error is being generated from. Please also see this tip if you are using IOrders. http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/...ead.php?t=4226