You can convert a pre-existing EasyLanguage® strategy into a no-code Quagensia T Edition Strategy with a mix of no-code trading logic and raw EasyLanguage® code, regardless of how complex the EasyLanguage® strategy is and regardless of how many thousands of lines of EasyLanguage® code it has.
The “Other Locations in the Strategy Code File to Paste EasyLanguage® Code” section offers all possible locations in your EasyLanguage® strategy’s outputted code file, other than the locations represented in the sections above the “Other Locations in the Strategy Code File to Paste EasyLanguage® Code” section, where you can copy and paste code from an EasyLanguage® strategy into “Raw Code Output (Single or Multiple Statements)” Action text boxes in your no-code Quagensia® T Edition Strategy.
Doing this will enable you do the following powerful things:
- Convert a pre-existing EasyLanguage® strategy into a no-code Quagensia T Edition Strategy that includes some copied and pasted EasyLanguage® code from the EasyLanguage® strategy but in which you can quickly and easily add no-code trading logic using point-and-click in Quagensia T Edition.
- Copy and paste EasyLanguage® code fragments from 1) ChatGPT or Claude code output, 2) the official TradeStation® support forum or another reputable source of EasyLanguage® code online, or 3) an EasyLanguage® strategy in your possession to solve a specific problem or add trading logic to your otherwise no-code Quagensia T Edition Strategy using the EasyLanguage® code you already have in your possession.
Practical examples of when you might benefit from doing one of the two things above include:
- There may not be a no-code function in Quagensia T Edition that does something that the EasyLanguage® code in your possession does. For instance, maybe you have a large amount of complex code that uses webhooks, accesses and even updates a live database using a database technology like Microsoft SQL Server, SQLite, or MySQL, you have EasyLanguage® code that integrates an EasyLanguage® strategy directly with Microsoft Excel, MATLAB, or R, or does any other highly complex task and you want to simply copy and paste this code into your Quagensia T Edition Strategy in a way that outputs the EasyLanguage® code to the right location in the EasyLanguage® strategy outputted by Quagensia T Edition.
- You have already working EasyLanguage® code that you neither want to spend the time required nor take the risks of mistakes in re-creating the EasyLanguage® logic using the no-code functions and features of Quagensia T Edition.
- You have an entire EasyLanguage® strategy that already works perfectly and you want to get it into a Quagensia T Edition Strategy as quickly as possible, without having to re-create any of its logic using the no-code functions and features of Quagensia T Edition so that you can then add entirely new no-code logic to your original EasyLanguage® strategy without needing any programming knowledge.
There are 9 separate subsections in the “Other Locations in the Strategy Code File to Paste EasyLanguage® Code” section in which you can paste raw EasyLanguage® code. What follows is an example of one of them, specifically the “Bottom of File” section and how to use it, but the information in the section below applies to the other 8 sections as well.
Example: How to Paste Code Into the “Bottom of File” Section of a Quagensia T Edition Strategy that Will Be Outputted to That Location in the EasyLanguage® Strategy’s Outputted Code File
The “Bottom of File” section is one of the locations in your EasyLanguage® strategy’s outputted code file, other than the locations represented in the sections above the “Other Locations in the Strategy Code File to Paste EasyLanguage® Code” section, where you can copy and paste code from an EasyLanguage® strategy or an EasyLanguage® code fragment into your no-code Quagensia T Edition Strategy.
Doing this will enable you to quickly and easily convert an EasyLanguage® strategy into a no-code Quagensia T Edition Strategy that includes some copied and pasted EasyLanguage® code from an EasyLanguage® strategy or an EasyLanguage® code fragment but in which you can quickly and easily add no-code trading logic using point-and-click in Quagensia T Edition.
The EasyLanguage® code in the “Raw Code Output (Single or Multiple Statements)” Actions’ text boxes in this section will be outputted directly below the line of code in this Quagensia T Edition Strategy’s outputted EasyLanguage® code file that starts with the following text:
// Bottom of File
You can locate this line of code by generating the code of a Quagensia T Edition Strategy, then opening it in the EasyLanguage® Editor and searching for the phrase that starts with “//” shown above.
To add a “Raw Code Output (Single or Multiple Statements)” Action that has a text box in which you can copy and paste EasyLanguage® code, click the “Add Trading Logic” link at the bottom of this section and select “Raw Code Output (Single or Multiple Statements)” from the “More Actions” folder of the context menu that appears.
You can copy and paste EasyLanguage® code directly into the text box of the “Raw Code Output (Single or Multiple Statements)” Action that appears when you do this.
“Raw Code Output (Single or Multiple Statements)” Actions can be used in the “When Bar Updates” section as well.
Note that you can add “Raw Code Output (Single or Multiple Statements)” Actions in the “When Bar Updates” section of your Quagensia T Edition Strategy as well. The difference between the “When Bar Updates” section and the subsections of the “Other Locations in the Strategy Code File to Paste EasyLanguage® Code” section is that “Raw Code Output (Single or Multiple Statements)” Actions are the only functional trading logic component that you can add to the subsections of the “Other Locations in the Strategy Code File to Paste EasyLanguage® Code” section. In other words, the subsections of the “Other Locations in the Strategy Code File to Paste EasyLanguage® Code” section are solely for copying and pasting raw EasyLanguage® code into, whereas the “When Bar Updates” section is usually for no-code trading logic but you can add “Raw Code Output (Single or Multiple Statements)” Actions whose text boxes contain raw EasyLanguage® code in the “When Bar Updates” section when desired.
To learn more about using the “Raw Code Output (Single or Multiple Statements)” Action, please read the Using the Raw Code Output (Single or Multiple Statements) Action help page. That help page discusses multiple key concepts and techniques such as how to use the no-code Input Parameters and Internal Variables that you added to your Quagensia T Edition Strategy without code directly in the raw EasyLanguage® code pasted into a “Raw Code Output (Single or Multiple Statements)” Action text box so that the no-code logic in your Quagensia T Edition Strategy and the raw EasyLanguage® code pasted into a “Raw Code Output (Single or Multiple Statements)” Action text box can interact rather than function independently as isolated islands of logic and information.
