Next Instrument in List

[DangerBoy]

Just a quick one guys, I can't find the documentation on the new fast keyboard access to an instrument. Does one of those commands allow you to change the chart to either the next instrument in the default list or back to the last instrument in the default list, so one can just tap quickly back and forwards through the list?

Cheers
Ross

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Ross,

No, there is no switching to next/previous instrument. You just type the instrument name of what you want.

[DangerBoy]

ok thanks.

[njuser]

Hi,

I some stocks which are Hong Kong Stocks (ie. The stock symbols are numbers e.g. 00001, 00002, 00003), thus, I cannot switch to the instrument by typing the symbol (e.g. 00003) which is a number within ninjatrader !

So, instead of key in the symbol, I need to use the mouse to select from the menu to switch to specific instrument which is very inconvenient

It is suggested that some hotkey should be allowed to setup :
e.g. <F1> + symbol : to switch to specific instrument.


Also, it is recommended that some keyboard shortcut should be allow to setup in hotkey manager.

e.g.
<Ctrl> + <RightArrow> : to switch to next instrument
<Ctrl> + <LeftArrow> : to switch to previous instrument

[JS999]

Hi,

I some stocks which are Hong Kong Stocks (ie. The stock symbols are numbers e.g. 00001, 00002, 00003), thus, I cannot switch to the instrument by typing the symbol (e.g. 00003) which is a number within ninjatrader !

So, instead of key in the symbol, I need to use the mouse to select from the menu to switch to specific instrument which is very inconvenient

It is suggested that some hotkey should be allowed to setup :
e.g. <F1> + symbol : to switch to specific instrument.


Also, it is recommended that some keyboard shortcut should be allow to setup in hotkey manager.

e.g.
<Ctrl> + <RightArrow> : to switch to next instrument
<Ctrl> + <LeftArrow> : to switch to previous instrument

You can do something like that with this program:

http://www.autohotkey.com/

It automates mouse clicks. Read through the documentation and figure out how to do it... you can then set up an instrument list, and assign a hotkey combination to switch to it. For example, you can do something like this:

LCtrl & F1::
CoordMode, mouse, screen
Click -665, 1138
Click -665, 1071
return


This triggers a mouse movement to coordinates -665, 1138 on the screen followed by a click, and then also clicks at -665, 1071. It is as though you moved the mouse there and performed those actions, but it happens very fast, so it acts like a hotkey. (In this case it is clicking a drop-down list of instruments on the DOM and selecting one to change the trading symbol.)

You should read the documentation to figure out how to do it...

[DangerBoy]

Thanks JS999,

Had a look although I still can't see how this allows you to scroll through an instrument list since you have to fix the screen position of the click in the script, so I am able to get the mouse to auto click my top left drop down list but then I have a list that is on a vertical incremental scale and I can't see how the same button in the script can be set to incrementally move to greater and greater positions down the Y axis until the end of the list then back to the top again.

Perhaps I'm missing something?

[JS999]

Thanks JS999,

Had a look although I still can't see how this allows you to scroll through an instrument list since you have to fix the screen position of the click in the script, so I am able to get the mouse to auto click my top left drop down list but then I have a list that is on a vertical incremental scale and I can't see how the same button in the script can be set to incrementally move to greater and greater positions down the Y axis until the end of the list then back to the top again.

Perhaps I'm missing something?

You're not missing anything... you can't scroll through the list, but you can define set keys to different instruments. With Ctrl + F1..F12 and Alt + F1..F24 you can have up to 24 instruments defined right there. But no scrolling, that is correct.

[DangerBoy]

ok no worries, I guess I'll be remapping my whole keyboard then... lol

Thanks allot for that JS999, most helpful.