Does NinjaTrader have 'script' and 'backtest in visual mode' as Metatrader4, or not?

[umbertosm]

Hi all, I'm getting close to NinjaTrader, after a quick review of C#.

I had a look at the platform with its functionality, and now I switched to NinjaScript watching a couple of BigMike Trading's videos.

What saddens me, and I ask confirmation or denial ...in NinjaTrader:

1) there is no such thing as the "SCRIPT" of Metatrader, very useful to train with the pieces of code, interrogate market data and verify functionality, before placing them in indicators or trading system

2) there is no possibility to do a Backtest in VISUAL MODE, tick to tick (or bar to bar) with the F12 key (as it is in Metatrader)

Is that so? or I still have not found out where are these two important tools for me?

thanks, Umberto

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello umbertosm,

The NinjaTrader Support is not familiar with these items in Metatrader4.

However, NinjaTrader has the ability to backtest using the Strategy Analyzer.

You can also backtest a previous day's data through the Market Replay which can play back at 1x normal speed up to 500x normal speed.

NinjaTrader does not have the ability to advance a backtest 1 bar or 1 tick at a time, but you can play back the data in normal speed.

[umbertosm]

Thanks ChelseaB,

in Strategy Analyzer I run a backtest of a very simple strategy that prints Time[0] on every starting bar,
and in Output window I can see all the Prints correctly.


But, in Market Replay I added the same strategy in the chart, and I wanted to see each print of Time[0] on every start of bar ...
In this case I cannot see anything... is it correct?


Cannot I debug my strategy by printing the information on the screen?

[sledge]

Yes, you can debug as you plan in market replay.

I suspect you did not set "ENABLED = TRUE" in the properties section.

Enabled is a checkbox in the Strategies tab which is another place you can run a strategy from.

[umbertosm]

Yes, you can debug as you plan in market replay.

I suspect you did not set "ENABLED = TRUE" in the properties section.

Enabled is a checkbox in the Strategies tab which is another place you can run a strategy from.

Thank you very much sledge !!! Now it works :-)