Problem with Strategy

[Branpo]

Hi guys,

i got a Problem to run the Strategy Analyzer on an Indicator i created.

I attached some screenshots to clarify the Problem.

My Indicator calculates something from a big csv and outputs me 1, 2 or 3 on the chart.
I want to enter a long position if it switches to 3.

As you can see on the chart there are several times on which the indicator is at 3 but it never enters a trade?
Can you tell me what i did wrong? Thanks a lot!

If I add

Print(TK_ZR(Close, @"")[0].ToString());

as a task
and change the condition to

TK_ZR("")[0] < 2

it only returns me a lot of zeros. Buut the indicator shows 1-3 on the Chart?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello Branpo, thanks for your post.

It looks like something is going wrong on the historical data run. What kind of values are you getting from the .csv file on each historical bar? You can check this with:

if(State == State.Historical)
{
Print(MyFile.<Information>);
}

Excel integration is not in the scope of support I can provide, but there is an example here from a user:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-7/general-development/37875-dionysus-new-year-present-%C2%96-ninja-excel/page9

[Branpo]

Hi ChrisL,
thanks for your reply.
I tried to add the print line to my script but it doesnt work.
I added you a screenshot.


Best regars
Branpo

[Branpo]

Ill upload you the cs and the csv maybe its easier to help me then

The Indicator is only working for the ZR Future at the moment and the csv needs to be in the following folder: NinjaTrader.Core.Globals.UserDataDir\APData\COT\OI \
feel free to change it in the cs if its easier for you.

Thanks again for your help

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi Branpo, thanks for your patience.

I had a look at your script and it's not setting the data properly. When you start up a script it will iterate through each bar on the chart, I call this the "Historical run". The script needs to be designed such that it sets a value each time CurrentBar is incremented. Try Printing out CurrentBar in OnBarUpdate and you will see there is a unique value for each bar on the chart. Data access not provided by the data connection not supported to use so it will be up to you to make the .csv data access work properly.

My code posted earlier was just pseudocode, so it won't compile. It was to demonstrate how to separate historical bar processing from real-time e.g.:

OnBarUpdate()
{

if(State == State.Historical)
{

Print("Running in Historical Mode, CurrentBar = " + CurrentBar);

}
else
{

//realtime

}

}