Stripping indicator of plotting for optimal performance

[waynewright33]

Hey guys/gals

I'm running an indicator called TrendBars2. It's pretty chart heavy, and it's a resource hog during backtests. I tried to replace the Plots in the indicator with DataSeries but can't get it to work the same.

Could anyone help me make this indicator as efficient as possible for backtesting. I don't need to see any values from it all, I can load the orginal if I need to see stuff, I just need backtest performance.

It's a pretty simple indicator, would they absolute fastest way be to strip out the calculations and just integrate them into my strat code?

I've attached the indicator, help would be greatly, greatly appreciated,

Cheers!

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Hello Wanyewright33,

Thank you for your post.

I would recommend implementing this in your Strategy. This would allow the script to runs its own calculations without having to create another instance of the TrendBars2, which will take up a small portion of RAM.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[waynewright33]

Ok great, if you say there will be some benefit then I'll code it up.

Thanks!

[waynewright33]

Is there any way I can terminate an optimization mid run and have it proceed to the next combination to be tested, ideally in OnStartUp()?

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Wanyewright33,

This would not be possible has the Strategy Analyzer is handled internally by the application and would not be accessible