Multi Instruments from external source

[oleczek]

Hello

I am looking for general advise for writing Strategy (or Indicator) to be able to do the following:

1) read symbol from external source (DB/CSV/file/whatever)
2) read entry date
3) read operation code
4) execute

For example I imagine having DB row with information:
10-02-2012 - 12:15 - buy - GOOG

I have read dozens of posts and I am already familiar with basics. I can code, debug etc (but haven't tried it with NT yet). I am looking for general advice for the approach - what architecture should I choose - Strategy / Indicator? Maybe some external feed reader?

I would like to be able to use Strategy Analyzer with this mechanism later (for backtesting).

Finally this is meant to run in the automated mode to do the real trading.

Thank you for your suggestions!
Oleczek

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi Oleczek,

If you want the script to place orders, then it should be in a strategy. The following sample could help get you started using StreamReader to read information from a file:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3476