Send Value of a variable in an e-mail

[daven]

I am running a strategy which trades pretty often, and to make my testing a little easier, I set up a send mail method to send a message to me containing the realized profits everytime profit changes by +/- a profit variable (right now at a value of $250).

The Send Mail function works when I use this construct:

SendMail("name@gmail.com", "phonenumber@vtext.com", " PnL Notice", "Variable")

What I get in the message is the word variable, but that tells me that the messaging is working but my conversion to get the variable value doesn't work. I've tried several different ways, but right now this is what I am using:

        protected override void Initialize()
        {
         SendPnL = new StringSeries(this);
         }
        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
                 Variable0 = Performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Currency.CumProfit;
	real_pnl = Variable0;
	SendPnL.Set(Variable0.ToString());

     // Messaging and Notifications
	if (Performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Currency.CumProfit > real_pnl 
                    + PnL_Check
                    || Performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Currency.CumProfit < real_pnl
                    - PnL_Check)
	{
	real_pnl =performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Currency.CumProfit;

	SendMail("user_name@gmail.com", "phonenumber@vtext.com", " PnL
                        Notice",Variable0.ToString());

So I capture the value of the realized profit in Variable0, then try and send it in an e-mail
message using, "Variable0.ToString()). But it doesn't work. How do I convert realized profit into a text value I can send to my phone as an e-mail message?

Thanks
DaveN

[NinjaTrader_RyanM]

Hi DaveN,

What is not working exactly? What does a simple print show of this?
Print(Variable0.ToString());

[daven]

That particular statement wouldn't compile, but I put these print statements in the code, and this is what I got:

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
Variable0 = Performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Currency.C umProfit;
real_pnl = Variable0;
SendPnL.Set(Variable0.ToString());
Print( " Variable0 = " + Variable0);
Print(" SendPnL = " + SendPnL[0]);
Print(" real_pnl = " + real_pnl);

And I got this in the output file, the value of which agrees with my performance statement about the strategy:

Variable0 = 24640.7200000003
SendPnL = 24640.7200000003
real_pnl = 24640.7200000003

So from a print standpoint, the data acquisition seems to be working, but when I try to send, it doesn't send, in fact the messages don't even go out.
DaveN

[NinjaTrader_RyanM]

Great the value is working - so we can isolate the issue to SendMail? SendMail() is a real time only method. Is your script returning true for that block on a real time bar?

[daven]

Okay, it's working now. I changed the line to:

SendMail("name@gmail.com", "number@vtext.com", " PnL Notice", real_pnl.ToString());

and now I'm gettng a pnl readout on every new bar. I just need to fix the logic so I can trigger it
only on a threshold change in PnL.

Thanks so much for your help Ryan.
DaveN