Printing Text to Output Window on the Last Bar of a Chart

[ollywedgwood]

Hi folks,
Wonder if anyone could help - I would like to print a single calculation result to the output window when a strategy has finished backtesting an instrument.
In other words, is it possible to get NT to recognise the last bar of a loaded chart series so a single calculate-and-print action can then be run in a strategy?
The idea is to be able to run a basket of instruments in a backtest, resulting in an output window with a performance calculation result for each instrument.
Many thanks for any suggestions!
Olly

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

Olly, unfortunately there isn't a method to check if the backtest has completed.

You can include code that writes to a file in OnBarUpdate throughout your backtest without a problem. If you know the timestamp (and date) of the last bar you're testing, you can also just try hardcoding that value into your strategy. Maybe something like in OnBarUpdate:

if(ToDay(Time[0]) == DayOfLastBar && ToTime(Time[0]) == TimeOfLastBar)
{
//insert code here that you'd like executed at the end of backtest
}

If you'd like to view the rest of the thread that I just picked that reply from, click here.

[ollywedgwood]

Hi Austin - that's just the ticket and will enable me to hugely speed up my analysis!
Thanks,
Olly