Commission for forward testing

[Chris001]

How can I apply commission for my forward testing? I have only been able to get this to work for backtesting. I have a strategy enabled on a chart, I see no commission field to enable and the strategy performance indicates $0 commission even though though backtesting with strategy analyzer states otherwise.

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Chris001, welcome to our forums - you likely have not checked to apply commissions to pnl under Tools > Options > General. With this done, please start a new instance of your script from the chart and it should factor in.

[Chris001]

It was selected, commission is being applied in strategy analyzer but not under charts.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Can you please post a screenshot of how you would have your commission to use setup in NT? If you toggled the 'apply commissions to pnl' setting it would generally need a freshly loaded instance of the script to take effect, no a reload of your NinjaScript on the chart.

[Chris001]

I might be awhile getting those screen captures. I am currently away from my personal computer. What do you mean by freshly loaded instance of the script, perhaps that is what I am missing. Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Brandon]

Hello Chris001,

Thanks for your reply.

Select the Strategies Tab of the Control Center
Right click on the Strategy and press Remove
Then reapply the strategy

[Chris001]

I removed all active strategies, created a new chart and a freshly created strategy is applied. Still no commission. I have attached screen captures

[Chris001]

I tested this on the NinjaTrader MA crossover strategy and commission is applied, but not on my strategies. I do have some code in the strategy dealing with PnL could that be interfering with the proper application of commissions. If so how could this work for applying commissions and setting my PnL shown in the code below?

Thanks



protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{

if (Bars.FirstBarOfSession)
{
// Store the strategy's prior cumulated realized profit and number of trades
priorTradesCount = Performance.AllTrades.Count;
priorTradesCumProfit = Performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Currency.C umProfit;


}

// Prevents further trading if the current session's realized profit exceeds limits

if (Performance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Currency. CumProfit - priorTradesCumProfit <= -400)

{

// Returns out of the OnBarUpdate() method. This prevents any further evaluation of trade logic in the OnBarUpdate() method.
return;
}

[Chris001]

That wasn't it, I removed that code and the problem still exists. Why is this not working for my strategy? Should I email my strategy to NT support?

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello Chris001,

Thank you for your response.

This is unrelated to your code. I am seeing the same item with the SampleMaCrossOver on my end. I will follow up with you tomorrow when I have spoken with my colleagues on this matter.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello Chris001,

Thank you for your patience.

May I test your strategy on my end? If so, please attach the .cs file of your strategy to your response. You will find the file in the following directory on your PC: (My) Documents\NinjaTrader 7\bin\Custom\Strategy

If you prefer, you can send the strategy to support[at]ninjatrader[dot]com with 'ATTN: Patrick - 1066793' in the subject line.

[Chris001]

I copied my strategy and spent some time cleaning it up, then debugging after cleaning it up a bit. I have no idea what it was, I made changes through all sections of the strategy so it could have been from anywhere for all I know, but it is ok now. I am going to continue working on this copied version but if this problem is encountered again I will let you know. Thanks