Square off on last/current bar close?

Deepak Pandey

How do I add a mandatory square off on the last bar of the backtest or a square off on the close of the current bar when a condition is met.

Thanks in advance.

backtrader

And what is a "square off"?

Deepak Pandey

@backtrader said in Square off on last/current bar close?:

And what is a "square off"?

Means closing all open position. I want to close my open position when the condition met.

backtrader

@Deepak-Pandey said in Square off on last/current bar close?:

on the last bar of the backtest

The last bar is the last and has already been seen by the broker. You cannot close positions when the bar is the last one. Only if you use cheat-on-open (which means you do it before seeing the bar unless you choose to really cheat yourself)

Docs - Broker - Cheat-On-Open - https://www.backtrader.com/docu/cerebro/cheat-on-open/cheat-on-open/

@Deepak-Pandey said in Square off on last/current bar close?:

on the close of the current bar when a condition is met

Using cheat-on-close in the broker and methods of the strategy, like close, buy, sell, order_target_percent, depending on your personal taste.