Account Verification Script

[EminiMES]

I am testing a strategy and want to make sure that it is running on the correct simulated account. When the strategy is running on my chart an enabled I want to make sure it is running on a particular simulated account, for example "Sim101". I know you can manually set it in the strategy parameters but I want a backup. I would like the script to verify it is running on that account only. Any help would be appreciated. I looked at this link but couldn't get the script at the bottom to run on the strategy.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/NT%20HelpGuide%20English.html?account_class.htm

[NinjaTrader_Emily]

Hello EminiMES,

Thank you for your post.

I recently saw another forum thread that seemed to be attempting the same thing in their script:

https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/ninjatrader-8/strategy-development/1278189-run-many-strategies-in-the-same-account-name

What they are doing is saving an account, based on its name in the Account.All collection, to the myAccount variable. Then, they compare myAccount.Name to Account.Name which would be the name of the account the strategy is running on. If these two names do not match each other, you can call CloseStrategy() to disable the strategy. You could try the following to save a specific account name to myAccount in State.SetDefaults, then you could make the comparison between myAccount.Name and Account.Name where you would like in your strategy, such as State.DataLoaded or at the beginning of OnBarUpdate():

private Account myAccount;

protected override void OnStateChange()
{
    if (State == State.SetDefaults)
    {
        // Find our Sim101 account
        lock (Account.All)
              // save the account named Sim101 to myAccount (feel free to change this name to any account name you'd like)
              myAccount = Account.All.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Name == "Sim101");
    }
}

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{​
        if (myAccount != null)
        {
             if (myAcccount.Name != Account.Name)
             {
                  CloseStrategy("strategyName");
             }
        }
 }​
​

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance.

[EminiMES]

That works..... thanks