// Async run helper function
public bool EvolveTrader(StockTraderEvolutionChamber chamber, BackgroundWorker worker)
{
List <float> bestTraderData = new List <float>(chamber.RunEvolution(Int32.Parse(genCountBox.Text), Int32.Parse(genSizeBox.Text), Single.Parse(mutationRateBox.Text)));
// Write bestTrader history results to file
using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(DEFAULTDIRECTORY + "\\BestTraderPerformance_" + DateTime.Now.Month.ToString() + "-" +
DateTime.Now.Day.ToString() + "-" + DateTime.Now.Year.ToString() + "_" + DateTime.Now.Hour.ToString() +
DateTime.Now.Minute.ToString() + DateTime.Now.Second.ToString() + DateTime.Now.Millisecond.ToString() + ".csv"))
{
writer.Write("PortfolioValue\r\n");
foreach (float d in bestTraderData)
{
writer.Write(d.ToString() + "\r\n");
}
}
return(true);
}
// Method to handle clicking the Evolve button
private void evolveButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (stockDataPrintoutFile == null)
{
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Invalid stock data file path. Please select a formatted " +
"stock data file or run the downloader to generate one.");
OpenFileDialog selectFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog();
if (DEFAULTDIRECTORY == String.Empty)
{
selectFileDialog.InitialDirectory = "C:\\";
}
else
{
selectFileDialog.InitialDirectory = DEFAULTDIRECTORY;
}
selectFileDialog.Filter = "sdp files (*.sdp)|*.sdp";
selectFileDialog.FilterIndex = 1;
if (selectFileDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
stockDataPrintoutFile = selectFileDialog.FileName;
DEFAULTDIRECTORY = stockDataPrintoutFile.Trim().Remove(stockDataPrintoutFile.LastIndexOf(@"\"));
outputFilePath = DEFAULTDIRECTORY;
}
else
{
return;
}
}
if (trainingDataPrintoutFile == null)
{
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Invalid training data file path. Please select a formatted " +
"stock data file or run the downloader to generate one.");
OpenFileDialog selectFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog();
if (DEFAULTDIRECTORY == String.Empty)
{
selectFileDialog.InitialDirectory = "C:\\";
}
else
{
selectFileDialog.InitialDirectory = DEFAULTDIRECTORY;
}
selectFileDialog.Filter = "sdp files (*.sdp)|*.sdp";
selectFileDialog.FilterIndex = 1;
if (selectFileDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
trainingDataPrintoutFile = selectFileDialog.FileName;
DEFAULTDIRECTORY = trainingDataPrintoutFile.Trim().Remove(trainingDataPrintoutFile.LastIndexOf(@"\"));
outputFilePath = DEFAULTDIRECTORY;
}
else
{
return;
}
}
StockTraderEvolutionChamber chamber = new StockTraderEvolutionChamber(stockDataPrintoutFile, trainingDataPrintoutFile, Single.Parse(tradeFeeBox.Text));
evolveButton.Enabled = false;
evolveBackgroundWorker.RunWorkerAsync(chamber);
}