trade historyon

[ThatBlokeDave]

Hello,
In the documentation for a trade. There is a keyword argument to set historyon for a trade. Where / when should this be set to activate history?

https://www.backtrader.com/docu/trade.html?highlight=historyon#reference-trade

A search for historyon only directs me to the one page. Perhaps when justopened is called?

Thanks!

[backtrader]

A trade can be the sum of several orders. For example:

• 5 orders that add each 10 items
• 2 orders reduce 10 items each
• 3 new orders add 15 items
• A final order reduces the trade down to 0 from 75 items

With historyon, each order is recorded inside the Trade object which is in charge of tracking that trade.

When? When you want and you need it.

You activate it in cerebro with tradehistory. See Docs - Cerebro

[ThatBlokeDave]

@backtrader

Great thanks! I didn't spot it in the cerebro docs since it has a different keyword name.

My "when" question was more in relation to when in the life of a script / backtest. You answered that thanks. I should set it when setting up cerebro or within the strategy using the set_tradehistory method.

Appreciate the info!

[Richard O'Regan]

Great thanks, I was wondering the exact same thing!