Is it possible for a strategy to not run a historical backtest when enabled?

[burmaz]

Hello,

I do not want my strategy to run a historical backtest when I enable my strategy because it takes a VERY long time (strategy is extremely complicated) AND I have a variable in the strategy that changes to a value that I do not want when the strategy undergoes historical backtesting prior to running on SIM or live trading.

Basically I want the strategy to start with default variable values (not modified by what occurs during historical backtest), and I do not want the historical backtest to be run at all.I want the strategy to start processing data when it is enabled, and not be influenced by historical data.

How can I do this in strategy builder?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello burmaz,

In the Strategy Builder you would need to add to every condition Misc -> Current state, Equals, Misc -> State Realtime.


In an unlocked script you could do this with 2 simple lines of code at the top of OnBarUpdate().

if (State == State.Historical)
return;

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/platform-technical-support-aa/104242-how-to-reset-sim-on-ninjatrader-8-can-t-close-open-position?p=811541#post811541

[burmaz]

Hello burmaz,

In the Strategy Builder you would need to add to every condition Misc -> Current state, Equals, Misc -> State Realtime.


In an unlocked script you could do this with 2 simple lines of code at the top of OnBarUpdate().

if (State == State.Historical)
return;

https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...541#post811541

Thank you for your help! That answered my issue.