Bogus Strategy Analysis instrument

[tgn55]

In my strategy code, I have a Print statement in my Initialize procedure that prints out Instrument.FullName etc.

I select an instrument, eg GC 12-14, and backtest. No matter what instrument I select, I ALWAYS get a line in the output window for my chosen instrument ... AND another line which is ALWAYS for TF... Yep... It seems like TF 12-14 is somehow associated or remembered. SOmetimes the bogus TF line is printed when I first run the backtest. Sometimes it appears near the end of the backtest printouts...

I have nothing in the strategy that refers to TF - although I probably did at some point run it on TF. I do have a TF chart active in my workspace... along with a number of other charts.

What is causing this? Is it a concern? I'd feel better resolving it before I trade live!

PS - just noticed something else... Having saved a backtest result previously, when I now open that saved run, it has TF 12-14 listed under Data Series->Instrument(s), even though the backtest was on GC, further suggesting that somewhere TF is indeed linked as a sort of default instrument ???

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Hello Tgn55,

You mentioned that you have other charts open for the TF, are any of them using the strategy or have them added to the chart?

[tgn55]

No, nothing is using the strategy, I don't think I have ever added it to a chart - it is still a WIP. I also just deleted my TF chart, ran the backtest on GC - and it still reports Initialize ran on TF 12-14 !!

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

tgn55,

I would like you to reset instruments to see if perhaps the symbol mapping or Instrument list may have gotten messed around with.

To reset your instruments please: go to the Tools menu, select the Options menu item, select the Data tab, and then click on 'Reset Instruments'.

If this is not successful, please send me a note to platformsupport [at] ninjatrader [dot] com and we'll setup a remote session time.

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