strategy determine if backtesting or live

[TODDLINDSTROM]

Is there a way to distinguish is a strategy is being used live vs trading in the strategy analyzer?

In other words, I wanted to make sure that the user has performed some key training modules prior to going "live" - how could I tell if a user was attaching my strategy to a live chart?

thanks,
TODDL

[NinjaTrader_ShawnB]

Hello TODDLINDSTROM,


You could use the Historical property to check if your script is running on historical data. With a strategy, when running a backtest, this property will always return true. When running a live strategy, this property will be true until the strategy starts processing real-time data.


Here is an example that will only the script to run on real-time data.

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
    // Only run on real-time data
    if (Historical)
         return;
}

Here is the Historical Help Guide to assist you further.