Does using Print() slow down the strategy analyzer?

[cunparis]

I added a bunch of Prints to my strategy to try and debug it and I'm curious if that will slow down the Strategy Analyzer, and if so, is there a way to speed it up?

In java we do a:

if(log.isDebugEnabled) {
log.debug("blah blah blah");
}

so that it only logs if we have the log activated.

I was thinking of doing something like:

if(Historical) {
Print("blah");
}

but the only catch is that when I run the strategy live and it catches up it wouldn't print out the debugging info which is really useful to know what the strategy is doing.

Any other ideas?

If I had:

if(OptimizerInProgress) {
Print("...");
}

that would be ideal, as I want the logs all the time EXCEPT when optimizing. Is there a way to detect if the optimizer is running?

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

It definitely would slow down the SA. You could add a strategy parameter. If 1 -> Print, if 0 -> don't Print.

[cunparis]

It definitely would slow down the SA. You could add a strategy parameter. If 1 -> Print, if 0 -> don't Print.

I ended up just defining a variable

bool log = false;

then I use

if(log) {
Print("...");
}

when I run it live I guess I'll just change the code. I agree about making a parameter but I already have so many I hate to add more.

I ran my strategy before this modification and it said 6 minutes remaining. I stopped it and added the if(log) and then reran and it started at 3 minutes. So it looks like it's running twice as fast. That's a big improvement.

Thanks