fixed second issue in askmike#220

core/baseTradingMethod.js

@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ var Base = function() {
   // should be set up now, check some things
   // to make sure everything is implemented
   // correctly.
-  if(!this.name)
-    log.warn('Warning, trading method has no name');
+  if(this.name)
+    log.info('\t', 'Using trading method:', this.name);
+  else
+    log.warn('\t', 'Warning, trading method has no name');
 
   if(!config.debug || !this.log)
     this.log = function() {};

methods/DEMA.js

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ method.init = function() {
   this.currentTrend;
   this.requiredHistory = config.tradingAdvisor.historySize;
 
+  this.name = 'DEMA';
+
   // define the indicators we need
   this.addIndicator('dema', 'DEMA', settings);
 }

methods/MACD.js

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ var method = {};
 // prepare everything our method needs
 method.init = function() {
 
+  this.name = 'MACD';
+
   // keep state about the current trend
   // here, on every new candle we use this
   // state object to check if we need to

methods/PPO.js

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ var method = {};
 
 // prepare everything our method needs
 method.init = function() {
+  this.name = 'PPO';
+
   this.trend = {
    direction: 'none',
    duration: 0,

methods/custom.js

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ var method = {};
 
 // Prepare everything our method needs
 method.init = function() {
+  this.name = 'The gambler';
+
   this.currentTrend = 'long';
   this.requiredHistory = 0;
 }

plugins/tradingAdvisor.js

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ var Actor = function() {
   if(!_.contains(methods, methodName))
     util.die('Gekko doesn\'t know the method ' + methodName);
 
-  log.info('\t', 'Using the trading method: ' + methodName);
-
   var Consultant = require('../core/baseTradingMethod');
 
   var method = require('../methods/' + methodName);