Limit Script Execution Condition

[Glefdar]

I have a very resource intensive script that is related to options volume plotting. I would like the script to automatically stop running past a certain line if a null condition is met, in this case, that the stock is not optionable. For example, something like this:

def stoprunning = if [not optionable] then [function that will stop running the script after this line of code] else double.nan;

Since I haven't seen anything like this before I'm assuming that it doesn't exist in thinkscript. On the other hand, it might help if there is a simple way to check whether a stock is optionable and to put an "if [not optionable] then double.nan else" condition in the beginning of every variable definition in the script. I expect that doing this would still save resources by preventing the rest of the variable definition's code from running for each of the variables.

 

[halcyonguy]

I have a very resource intensive script that is related to options volume plotting. I would like the script to automatically stop running past a certain line if a null condition is met, in this case, that the stock is not optionable. For example, something like this:

def stoprunning = if [not optionable] then [function that will stop running the script after this line of code] else double.nan;

Since I haven't seen anything like this before I'm assuming that it doesn't exist in thinkscript. On the other hand, it might help if there is a simple way to check whether a stock is optionable and to put an "if [not optionable] then double.nan else" condition in the beginning of every variable definition in the script. I expect that doing this would still save resources by preventing the rest of the variable definition's code from running for each of the variables.

if you can test for a condition, then you can set a variable true or false. after it, add the variable into every logic formula you want to disable, with AND , like a master disable.
you will have to check if it has been set , then keep it set.

EDIT.... add cond

def cond = ...
def dis = if barnumber() ==1 then 0
else if cond then 1 else dis[1];

use an inverse of variable in other formulas , with a !.
def z = x and !dis;

 

[Glefdar]

if you can test for a condition, then you can set a variable true or false. after it, add the variable into every logic formula you want to disable, with AND , like a master disable.
you will have to check if it has been set , then keep it set.
def dis = if barnumber() ==1 then 0 else if dis[1] <> dis then 1 else dis[1];
may have to use inverse of variable in other formulas , with a !.
def z = x and !dis;

Good suggestion about how to go about this, thanks! Do you have an idea if there's a straightforward way, which doesn't require a lot of CPU resources, to check if a stock is optionable? If not then what I can do in this script is just check if the options volume == 0 the first time, for setting the master disable switch variable, but even doing that check requires a lot of resources because it involves time related functions for concatenating the name of the option with the symbol name.

 

[halcyonguy]

Good suggestion about how to go about this, thanks! Do you have an idea if there's a straightforward way, which doesn't require a lot of CPU resources, to check if a stock is optionable? If not then what I can do in this script is just check if the options volume == 0 the first time, for setting the master disable switch variable, but even doing that check requires a lot of resources because it involves time related functions for concatenating the name of the option with the symbol name.

no , not really.
i looked over my prev post and edited it.

a while ago i tried to do something similar, have a condition control many formulas. i think all the added formulas bogged it down and i gave up on it and separated it into different scripts.