Unlocked strategy not showing

[danfra]

Hi.
I have just unlocked one of my saved strategies and made some manual changes to it. It is compiling fine, but it doesn't show on the graph as one of the available strategies for use. What could be causing that? Thank you.

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi danfra, thanks for writing in.

Are there any initialization errors in the Log tab of the Control Center?

Kind regards,
-ChrisL

[danfra]

Indeed there is. It is saying Error on calling 'OnStateChange' method: 'AddDataSeries' cannot be called from this state. However, I simply copied the instructions from the tutorial, as follows:

protected override void OnStateChange()
{
if (State == State.Configure)
{
// Add a 5 minute Bars object - BarsInProgress index = 1
AddDataSeries(BarsPeriodType.Minute, 5);

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi danfra, thanks for your reply.

Configure is the correct state to call this from. Could you copy/paste your entire OnStateChanged method so I can have a look?

Kind regards,
-ChrisL

[danfra]

Sure. The code is for a strategy using the 1-minute candle, but I also want to add a condition that uses the 15-minute candle.

protected override void OnStateChange()
{
if (State == State.SetDefaults)
{
Description = @"Enter the description for your new custom Strategy here.";
Name = "DMICrossUnlocked";
Calculate = Calculate.OnBarClose;
EntriesPerDirection = 1;
EntryHandling = EntryHandling.AllEntries;
IsExitOnSessionCloseStrategy = true;
ExitOnSessionCloseSeconds = 30;
IsFillLimitOnTouch = false;
MaximumBarsLookBack = MaximumBarsLookBack.TwoHundredFiftySix;
OrderFillResolution = OrderFillResolution.Standard;
Slippage = 0;
StartBehavior = StartBehavior.WaitUntilFlat;
TimeInForce = TimeInForce.Gtc;
TraceOrders = false;
RealtimeErrorHandling = RealtimeErrorHandling.StopCancelClose;
StopTargetHandling = StopTargetHandling.PerEntryExecution;
BarsRequiredToTrade = 20;
// Add a 15 minute Bars object - BarsInProgress index = 1
AddDataSeries(BarsPeriodType.Minute, 15);
// Disable this property for performance gains in Strategy Analyzer optimizations
// See the Help Guide for additional information
IsInstantiatedOnEachOptimizationIteration = true;
StopLoss = 1;
TakeProfit = 1;
}
else if (State == State.Configure)
{
}
else if (State == State.DataLoaded)
{
EMA1 = EMA(Close, 200);
DM1 = DM(Close, 14);
SetProfitTarget("", CalculationMode.Price, TakeProfit);
SetStopLoss("", CalculationMode.Price, StopLoss, false);
}
}

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi danfra, thanks for your reply.

The call to AddDataSeries is in State.DataLoaded, move that line of code to the "else if (State == State.Configure)" part of the method.

Kind regards,
-ChrisL