When running strategy in backtest Account balance never updates

[aslane]

When running a strategy in a backtest, the Account is set to "Backtest", but the account balance is never updated as trades are closed. The balance just remains constant at 100000. Done using Account.Get(AccountItem.CashValue, Currency.UsDollar)

[NT-Roland]

Hi aslane,
I'm afraid, you are right.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/strategy-development/94288-backtest-account-set-values

However, you can track this by yourself in the strategy script adding a few variables, for example as illustrated below.
Initial Capital = your backtest starting value.
UnrealizedPnL = (Position.GetUnrealizedProfitLoss(PerformanceUnit. Currency, Close[0]));
CumNetPnL = SystemPerformance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Curr ency.CumProfit;
CurrentCapital = InitialCapital + UnrealizedPnL + CumNetPnL
and update (& print) them on the fly as you like.
NT-Roland

[aslane]

Yes, I have already worked around this Ninja deficiency. The issue is I wanted to treat all accounts the same (and not by adding my own variables for all accounts!).

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello aslane,

The steps NT-Roland supplied would be the general suggestion here as there is currently no expectation for the backtest to have an editable account. I will put in a feature request here.

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[BP_FX]

I got stuck in the same problem.
After more than six months, since the last interaction on this post, are there any way to do that without a workaround?