strategy analyser not working with my strategy

[junkone]

when i ran my strategy today, it picked up trades. when i use the same symbol/strategy and run backtest. it does not pick up any trades. why?

the only strategy it seems to backjtest properly is the builtin ones.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

junkone,

Please debug your strategy by adding print functions throughout it to see what your strategy is processing and what it is not.

[junkone]

so during the strategy analyser, it will keep printing all those stuff just like regular strategy?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

It should still print regardless of whether backtesting or in real-time.

[junkone]

i keep getting info that it is in historical. i have afilter to innore hisotical data. is there a way to detect if the strategy is run live or in strategy analyser mode. that way i can accept historical data.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

If you have "if (Historical) return;" in your strategy you will not be able to backtest it. By the definition of backtesting, all data is historical data and they will all be processed as historical bars.

[junkone]

so is there a way to detect if the strategy is being run under straetgy analyser

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

No, you just have to know what you are doing. You can just create yourself a property that is true/false for using Strategy Analyzer and just set it to what you want before you run the strategy.

[KBJ]

so is there a way to detect if the strategy is being run under straetgy analyser

How about checking the account name...

[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]if[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2] (Account.Name == [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000]"Back101"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2])[/SIZE][/FONT]
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Seems to work for me.

[junkone]

thats a good way of doing it. i currently have a bool parameter passed when when i am running strategy analyser so i can decide if i can accept historical data or not.
if(!inStrategyAnalyser){

if (Historical)
{
Print("in historical");
return;
}
}