Hi.
Does anyone know how to put a pause into a strategy, after an event of some sort, such as after a Buy or a Sell.
There is a Stop block but there does not appear to be a Pause block.
Thanks,
Ted

Hi,
Well, there is no "Pause" block available in VJForex. The only "pause" action is to be performed manually when it comes to back-testing ( pause button in the historical tester panel)
May I ask you why such a need ? can you post an example please ?

Thanks

Maybe a timer from the opened position placed in the order condition path, built from the (Link to thread) Close position when they last longer than 1:30 hour example would work as an temporary get around.

Yes, it could be a an alternative solution but still, it depends on the strategy specifications.
We can also use close and and cancel position if opened positions = X number.

Yes, much more elegant.
I have a bad habit of complicating things.

Hi.
Thank you for your response.

The need for a pause in the strategy is to enable me to see what is happening with my strategy.
When a trade is opened, or closed, I would like to see the value of the various variables that are used to make that decision.
As it is, I have a Stop block that stops the strategy and displays the values of the variables, but then it goes no further. If I'm testing on a month's data I get only the first trade.
Overall, the strategy appears to be profitable, but it opens trades that do not satisfy the conditions specified in the strategy, and it misses trades that should have been opened.

Having the values of the variables when a decision is made to open a trade is the first step to finding out why it is making so many mistakes.
I'm not a programmer so any suggestions in regards to a better approach would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Ted

Figure it out yet?
I assume you you running the strategy tester on VJF, just put a break point where you want one say at the trade event , hit resume after you done looking at the variables.

Greetings!

I am not sure if you guys already solved the problem, but you can easily put in a pause by logic. Or try to do it with a small loop like WHILE condition is not true DO nothing.

For example:

When Conditions are met (you can decide whether it is after a certain period, after a close of positions, etc.) then the strategy starts running it again.
I hope that helps!

Ah I misunderstood the question.

I think the answer from Fusion might be the best

Thank you for all your help.

Initially, what seemed like a relatively simple process has turned out to be not so simple.
Working directly from the charts, using the 2 indicators DMI and Stochastic, it is visually obvious when a trade should be opened, Buy when +DI is increasing, and -DI is decreasing and %K is more than %D. And this holds for any chart, 1hour, 10 mins, .. The difficulty is "when is the price going to change?" Hence the need for a program to monitor the price, and close the trade when it turns.

At this stage I have established that trades are being opened when the 3 conditions are not satisfied, and at other times trades are being missed.
But now, last night I made some minor changes, nothing structural but seemingly significant, because the strategy will not run at all.

Could you have a look at it for me please?