Learning how to debug

[dafonseca]

the code below is inside onBarUpdate():.
Why AllTrades (without //) prints the "P" when cumulative profit is negative, but RealtimeTrades (in red) do not print "P" when current trade is presenting a loss?
What RealtimeTrades performance shows? Is the P&L of open positions (real time)?
How can I print "something" when a position is losing money?


if (ToTime(Time[0]) >= beginOpenTrading && ToTime(Time[0]) <= stopOpenTrading)
{
//if (Performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Currency. CumProfit < 0)
if (Performance.RealtimeTrades.TradesPerformance.Curr ency.CumProfit < 0)
{
DrawText(CurrentBar+"1","P",0,High[0],Color.Blue);
}

Another question would be, How can I print inside OnBarUpdate()?
Something like: Print("Average MAE of all trades is: " +
Performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Currency.
AvgMae);

I use it inside OnBarUpdate but nothing happen..

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

To get the unrealized PnL you could use
Position.GetProfitLoss(double marketPrice, PerformanceUnit performanceUnit)

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?getprofitloss.htm

Your example will not display the result after the live trade has closed out as a loss but not before.

If you're using: Print("Average MAE of all trades is: " + Performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Currency.A vgMae);

and not getting anything to print there must be some logic that's preventing it from not being hit. Try putting this at the start of your OnBarUpdate() and testing again.

[dafonseca]

So, in OnExecution tra+Profitloss_Current (below) will get the P&L of the position just before it is closed?


protected override void OnExecution(IExecution execution)
{
trade_ProfitLoss_Current =Position.GetProfitLoss(Close[0],PerformanceUnit.Currency);
if (trade_ProfitLoss_Current < 0)
{
timeToLoss = ToTime(Time[0]);
}
}

[dafonseca]

debuging

If I code this.. Would I check AvgProfit on strategy analyzer-> backtesting->chart.
where would it be printed??


protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
Print("Average profit of all trades is:" Performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Currency.A vgProfit);

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

If I code this.. Would I check AvgProfit on strategy analyzer-> backtesting->chart.
where would it be printed??


protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
Print("Average profit of all trades is:" Performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Currency.A vgProfit);

This will be printed to the Output window (Control center -> tools -> output window)

So, in OnExecution tra+Profitloss_Current (below) will get the P&L of the position just before it is closed?

protected override void OnExecution(IExecution execution)
{
trade_ProfitLoss_Current =Position.GetProfitLoss(Close[0],PerformanceUnit.Currency);
if (trade_ProfitLoss_Current < 0)
{
timeToLoss = ToTime(Time[0]);
}
}

My initial thought is that this is correct but you would want to test it with a Print() statement.

That being said you could get the full profit from an individual recent trade using TradesPerformance and subtracting the CumProfit - the Prior trades cum profit

An example to help get you started with this can be found here: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...ead.php?t=4084