Access From Date

[benoirat]

Hi,

I need to access the From Date when doing a backtest. Ideally this could be accessed from the Initialize or OnStartup methods, as I need this information to load historical parameters from a database before the strategy turn on.

I guess this information is contained in StrategyBase? How can I access this, apart from creating a seperate (and superfluous) input in my own strategy?

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

benoirat, unfortunately there would be no supported programmatic access we could offer for this user property set from the UI - so the custom input you create would be best workaround at this time. We have exposing this info on our feedback list for future consideration though, I've just added your vote in.

[koganam]

Hi,

I need to access the From Date when doing a backtest. Ideally this could be accessed from the Initialize or OnStartup methods, as I need this information to load historical parameters from a database before the strategy turn on.

I guess this information is contained in StrategyBase? How can I access this, apart from creating a seperate (and superfluous) input in my own strategy?

Thanks

Just find the DateTime of Bar0.

 
if (CurrentBar == 0) StartDate = Time[0].Date;