Adding options to Instrument Manager

[gogetit]

Hello,
Is it possible to add options to the instrument manager? For example XLF: Feb-15, Put Strike 17.
If so, how do I do that?
Also, can I keep track of bid/ask prices and sizes in the database?

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_RyanL]

Hello gogetit,

Thank you for your forum post.


Unfortunately NinjaTrader does not support options. You will be able to add Equities, Futures, Forex and Indices to the Instrument Manager.

• http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...nt_manager.htm

Bid/Ask data will be downloaded as historical chart data from your data provider.



Please let me know if I can provide any further assistance.

[gogetit]

Thanks. Is there a way around it through the code? Let's say I write some indicators, can I somehow get data on options? I'm using IB by the way.

[NinjaTrader_RyanL]

Hello gogetit,


I am not familiar with a way to receive data for options within NinjaTrader using custom code.


It may be possible but we would be unable to support any functionality like this.

[Steve R]

Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but since you're using IB, you can D/L their Excel DDE workbook and you can do wonderful and amazing things with it. I use it along side my NT platform to track and perform math and analytics real time that I wouldn't have a hope in hell of trying to code in NT.

Stocks, futures, Options, it's all there and the heavy grunt-work is done for you already. If you can run the basics of excel, you can do what you need to do with options.

[gogetit]

Hi Steve, I'm actually quite familiar with the excel addon.
What I really want to do is to keep track of certain options, and logged their bid/ask/last (prices and sizes for each).
I wrote some macros to help me do that in excel, but the performance aren't great as one might expect. I thought I could use NT for that.