Check validity of InstrumentName/Access Strategy Name

[MXASJ]

Hi Ninja team,

In NT7 is there a way to check the validity of an instrument name? For example, if an indicator or strategy is expecting user input of an instrument for a second data series?

Second, is there a way to programatically access the name of a strategy from within that strategy? For example;

if (something happens)
{
PrintWithTimeStamp(MyStrategyName+" halted due to P&L rules");
}

Thanks!

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Hi MXASJ, are you referring to checking if an instrument with this name exists in the database? This is unfortunately not possible.

For your second request, I believe you could set the Name to a custom string in the Initialize() and then use this to Print it to the output window.