user defined Instrument

[srvsrv]

Is it possible (NT7 or NT8) to define an Instrument that accepts data (ticks) from an NT Indicator, Strategy or ??
It would be nice to be able to "push" ticks from within the program (an NT indicator) and let NT's functionality take care of OHLCV, Time, &etc

[NinjaTrader_CodyB]

Hello,
This would not be supported in NinjaTrader 7 or NinjaTrader 8. You might be able to get the data historically by creating an indicator that writes the data from your indicator to a historical data file into the specific format needed for historical data. Please see the following link on the historical data format for NinjaTrader 7: http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG.../importing.htm
and the following link for the data format in NinjaTrader 8: http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...AndDataFormats

I would also recommend to review the following reference sample for StreamWriter: http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...ead.php?t=3475

[srvsrv]

Hello,
This would not be supported in NinjaTrader 7 or NinjaTrader 8. You might be able to get the data historically by creating an indicator that writes the data from your indicator to a historical data file into the specific format needed for historical data. Please see the following link on the historical data format for NinjaTrader 7: http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG.../importing.htm
and the following link for the data format in NinjaTrader 8: http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...AndDataFormats

I would also recommend to review the following reference sample for StreamWriter: http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum...ead.php?t=3475

Cody, thanks for your quick response. Your answer was what I expected; I just thought I'd take a shot and ask;
I've already written "proof of concept" code for most of the functionality I need, including saving and recalling data from disk. In reviewing the design, I realized that almost all the functionality I require is already built in to NT; hate re-inventing yet another wheel.