Persisting the Strategy tab

[szayedoud]

Hi - I have about 20 strategies in my Strategy tab in Control Center. As long as I save my workspace, they get saved when I restart my NinjaTrader. However - they get deleted on two occasion - (1) If some .Net Error occurs/ or the system freezes, I have stop the application in Task Manager, and (2) if I have to reset the Simulation account (to clear the history), the associated Strategies get cleared out.

Is there some .XML file or other config file under the hood that I can backup and replace when the Strategy tab gets cleared? Setting up those 20 strategies over and over again is beginning to be cumbersome. I am sure the Strategy tab is being saved somewhere - any ideas?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi szayedoud, thanks for posting. The strategies are held within the Documents\NinjaTrader 8\db\NinjaTrader.sqlite file (as of the latest update R27, in previous versions its called NinjaTrader.sdf) You can make a back up of this file to save the strategy configurations.

Kind regards,
-ChrisL

[szayedoud]

I imagine this file contains more than just the state of the Strategy tab? It sounds like the entire workspace. Is there anything I should be aware of, or other consequences (losing data or configurations) when replacing a backup of this file?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi szayedoud, the database also contains historical trade executions, orders, and all instrument definitions including custom instruments.

Kind regards,
-ChrisL

[szayedoud]

Any way I can reset my historical data executions without clearing my Strategies? Backing up that file, brings back my strategies as well as historical trade executions that I cleared, which caused the Strategies to be cleared in the first place. This backup file doesn't really solve my problem.

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi szayedoud, these data points are all saved together, so there is no other way to save your strategy instances.

Please let me know if there is anything else I can assist with.