Red X

[retrofx]

What does this mean - see attached. It occurred after running a backtest where earlier instances of the same backtest did not have this problem.

[koganam]

What does this mean - see attached. It occurred after running a backtest where earlier instances of the same backtest did not have this problem.

NinjaTrader is in an unknown state. Restart it.

[retrofx]

First thing I tried. No luck.

[koganam]

First thing I tried. No luck.

Then it means that one, or the interactions of more than one, of your classes is causing the problem. The only way to troubleshoot is to start with a clean slate and add back the indicators/strategies until you isolate the culprit.

The easiest way to start clean is to remove or rename the ...\workspaces\_Workspaces.xml file under your NT user directory after shutting down NT, then restarting NT.

[retrofx]

Thank you koganam,

The culprit seems to be The NT Parameter "Exit on Close" in the Strategy Analyzer. Where the confusion arises in that I have performed thousands of backtest with this strategy and never experienced this problem and no code has changed for my NT Script.

I even reinstalled and the same problem exists.

So...If I set Order Handling > Exit on Close to False it works OK. When I set it to True the Red X returns. After that point even when I return the value to False the Red X persists.

[koganam]

Thank you koganam,

The culprit seems to be The NT Parameter "Exit on Close" in the Strategy Analyzer. Where the confusion arises in that I have performed thousands of backtest with this strategy and never experienced this problem and no code has changed for my NT Script.

I even reinstalled and the same problem exists.

So...If I set Order Handling > Exit on Close to False it works OK. When I set it to True the Red X returns. After that point even when I return the value to False the Red X persists.

Hm. That is certainly a strange one, and would point to a snafu in NT itself. Did you reinstall over the top or did you uninstall then reinstall?

[retrofx]

Thank you again. I uninstalled and then installed with a fresh download. I did do a backup first. Would that leave mal-remnants?

[koganam]

Thank you again. I uninstalled and then installed with a fresh download. I did do a backup first. Would that leave mal-remnants?

Typically that resolves just about all issues with NT itself.

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Retrofx,

Please check the templates folder for any strategy templates and delete them
(My) Documents -> NinjaTrader 7 -> templates -> Strategy
Delete any files in this folder and restart NT and try the backtest

[retrofx]

Thank you for the answer. There were no files in the ...templates>Strategy folder. I uninstalled NT, manually deleted any remnants, backups, checked Registry and then installed a fresh copy. When I try to backtest using weekly charts and the Close on Exit feature the Red X returns.

How do I debug this? I spent several hours doing all of this and then downloading data again, and organizing my files.

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Retrofx,

Please send me your log and trace files by going to Help -> Mail to Platform support.
Put ATTN Cal in the subject and reference this thread in the body.

[retrofx]

Cal,

Thank you for the reply. I have sent the logs.

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Retrofx,

I haven't received the log and trace files as of yet.

Were you able to send them in?

[retrofx]

Yes. I just sent them again as well. I received a copy of the link, however, not sure that I should post that here.

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Retrofx,

Can you please sending them in manually?

You can find them under (My) Documents -> NinjaTrader 7 -> either Trace or Log

I will need to the files for the most recent occurrence that you had this Red X