Optimizer throws assertion

[traderpards]

I have a strategy base class that doesn't do anything but support the class that inherits from it. It should never be called or even considered. So I assigned string.Empty to the name and that makes it so it doesn't appear in the UI and therefore can't be selected, which is what I want.

Unfortunately, the strategy analyzer doesn't like it. It throws a big assertion dialog that begins with "NS object with bad localized name."

Apparently, making this base class appear invisible requires more than making the name an empty string. So what's the right way to do that?

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

Thank you for your question traderpards. If you make your class abstract it will be invisible to the strategy analyzer. Abstract classes in C# do not share the limitations of abstract classes in other languages. I have attached a copy of the SampleMACrossover strategy. The only modifications to this strategy that were made were changing the name and adding the abstract keyword. Please let us know if there are any other ways we can help.

[traderpards]

Thanks! That worked....