Programmatically Access instrument list

[upshon]

Hi

How does one programmatically Access an instrument list?

I need a strategy to load a list of instruments and instead of hardcoding or reading from a file I would like to add from an instrument list.

Thanks

Mike

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Hi Mike, unfortunately the instruments lists could not be accessed programmatically.

[upshon]

Have been doing a little snooping around using the object browser in Visual Studio and have figured it out.

NinjaTrader.Cbi.InstrumentList list = NinjaTrader.Cbi.InstrumentList.GetObject("FX");

foreach (Instrument i in list.Instruments) {
Add(i.FullName, PeriodType.Minute, 60);
}

Cheers

Mike

[Ricam]

Thanks for this example, upshon. The ForEach loop generates an "Object Reference not set to instance of an object" error... What's missing?

I did add a using declaration for Ninjatrader.Cbi.

Thanks.

[upshon]

NinjaTrader.Cbi.InstrumentList list = NinjaTrader.Cbi.InstrumentList.GetObject("FX");

FX is the name of the custom list I created, I suspect you need to change this with a let you have.

[Ricam]

Would you be kind enough to provide additional information on how you did this, I unfortunately am at a dead end. How was list created, where is it located, does a reference need to be added to be able to find it, etc. Thanks

[upshon]

Go to Tools Menu then select "Instrument Manager"

There is a drop down called "Instrument Lists", there you can create new lists or manage the contents of existing lists.

Use the name of the "Instrument Lists" as the parameter in

NinjaTrader.Cbi.InstrumentList list = NinjaTrader.Cbi.InstrumentList.GetObject("FX");

[Ricam]

Thanks upshon, that did it.