debugPrintln Problems at end of test

[thestranger]

Hi,

I am trying to debug the following line at the end of a back text if there are no further bars of data (i.e. test is over) and the strategy is not currently in a trade. I use the code below;

if((open(1) == null) && (Strategy.isInTrade != true)) {

debugPrintln("</trades>");

}

It prints the line correctly at the end of the test however for some reason it also prints occasionally during the test too. Can anyone see think of any reason for this to occur or any solutions?

Thanks in advance.

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello thestranger,

The .inInTrade() call needs the open and close parens. Without them the condition is looking for a property called isInTrade, which is slightly different. However, after adding the parens and testing this code snippet I didn't receive any executions on historical bars. On historical bars open(1) shouldn't return null. At any rate, what you can do to further debug this that might provide some more clues is to add the current bar index and the values of open(1) and .inInTrade() in the debugPrintln statement like below. Try this and see if this sheds any light on the issue.

function main() { 

    if((open(1) == null) && (Strategy.isInTrade() != true)) {
        var nStatus = Strategy.isInTrade();
        var nO      = open(1);
        debugPrintln(getCurrentBarIndex() + "  </trades>  open(1)= " + nO + " -- isInTrade= " + nStatus);
    
    }

    return null;
} 

[thestranger]

Thanks JasonK

Adding the parens has worked. Simple error but just kept missing it. Must have been looking at the code too long.

[eSignal_JasonK]

You're most welcome.