Cumulative Profit / Loss

[zeller4]

Attached is a partial screenshot which shows individual gains/losses per trade (not using backtest mode). I've placed them using drawText...RELATIVETOTOP and would like to know if there's a manner to have them add together to another drawTextRelative location with cumulative totals. I wasn't able to find any help through "search" using "cumulative".
Partial code for this computation is:

drawTextRelative(0,60,Math.round(vTargetPrice.toFixed(2)*10 - vEntryPrice.toFixed(2)*10)/10,Color.white,Color.navy,Text.RELATIVETOTOP | Text.VCENTER | 

I'm sure I'd have to learn more about bar counters but I only need this for the current day or so.

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks in Advance.
kz

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Kirk,

To track cumulative values you need to use global variables. Outside of main() declare a global variable such as,

var nCumPL = 0;

function main() {

... 

In your drawText example you'll need to pull the PL expression out of the function's parameters and assign it to a local variable. Pass the variable to the drawText function. Then you can use the local variable and add its value to the nCumPL global variable.

var nTradePL = Math.round(vTargetPrice.toFixed(2)*10 - vEntryPrice.toFixed(2)*10)/10;

nCumPL += nTradePL;

drawTextRelative(0,60, nTradePL ,Color.white,... 

You could also pass the new global var to another drawText call to display both the trade PL and cumulative values on the chart. Hope this helps.

[zeller4]

Jason,

Thanks very much, that works great.

Also found what I need for the current day only...

Thanks again...

Kirk

[eSignal_JasonK]

You're most welcome.