Where to place debugging stop orders code?

[tooearly]

Here's one for Bertrand or Josh,

Under Tips http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/...ead.php?t=3418there is a post by Josh on debugging that reads:

"When debugging stop or limit orders it can also be extremely useful to draw dots along your chart of the actual stop/limit prices. This way you can visually see where your orders are at and if they should have been filled or not."

Code:     DrawDot("Stop" + CurrentBar, 0, stopPrice, Color.Orange);

Where should this be inserted, in Initialize () or OnBarUpdate()?

Best, Tooearly

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Hi tooearly,

In OnBarUpdate().

[tooearly]

Doesn't Compile

When I insert DrawDot (Stop .... in OnBarUpdate () and compile I get an error message saying "The name Stop does not exist in the current context."

When I change Stop to StopLoss or StopPrice to stopPrice, etc. no juice.

I suppose I have to define Stop somewhere.

Please look at the attachment showing the strategy sheet.

Thanks, TE

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

TE, you would need to define the variable Stop first and then fill this with the value of your stoploss - for example in your case the Position.AvgPrice + / - the 0.1 percent stop you defined.

[tooearly]

StopLoss does not work

This seem closely enough related to the DrawDot StopLoss issue that it may justify being posted here as a reply.

The wizard in editor seems to introduce only one line when setting a stoploss,
viz,

SetStopLoss("", CalculationMode.Percent, 0.065, false);

with nothing declared in Variables nor defined in Properties.

But when I run backtests using the strategy with this code the losses exceed 6.5% (in this example) and no stop loss order is either placed or canceled. So it seems not to work, even though in the past I have gotten wizard-generated Stoploss to work. So I'm baffled.

Is this related to the instruction from Bernard requiring that one define the variable Stop?

Shouldn't one first declare a Private Double (StopLoss = 0.065) and then give it a Description in Properties? The Wizard does not seem to do this.

Any light shed on this problem would be most appreciated.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

tooearly, I suggest you activate TraceOrders to check 'under the hood' for the order generation. Also, the way your call is setup the 6.5 percent is hard coded in and does not represent a user definable input value. For this you're correct it would need to input name in the variables section and then a parameter description under properties.

I'll also check into the code you send via email in a few mins.