Which symbol should I pass to NTCommand()?

[clearpicks]

Hello,

I am using eSignal EFS + NT DLL to auto trade my IB accounts. Because NT is only used as a bridge between EFS and IB TWS for order transmission purpose, I set NT only fed by IB TWS data. In EFS, when calling NT DLL functions, which symbol format should I use? Should I use IB's symbol format instead of getSymbol()? Currently when I trade CL N8 and NG M8, the instrument of orders are not mapped correctly ( CL N8 orders in EFS are eventually shown as a stock with CL in IB TWS and NG M8 is shown in NT as something starting with "HHxxx" and never shown in IB TWS. There is no problem when trading YM, NQ and ES. Can someone help me how to set instrument mapping correctly? Thanks.

- Clearpicks

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

Use NinjaTrader format.

For June ES would be "ES 06-08" for example.

[clearpicks]

Could you explain how NT DLL or NT itself map these symbols? What are the rules and priorities it uses if there are multiple entries can be found? Why was "CL N8=1" mapped to the stock "CL" when I only created the NYMEX futures contract "CL 06-08" in the NinjaTrader instrument list? Thanks.

- Clearpicks

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

>> if there are multiple entries can be found?
You should not do that to avoid random effects and confusion.

>> Why was "CL N8=1" mapped
Sorry, I don't know.

[clearpicks]

I did not created duplicate entries in instrument list. My question was since there were both CL for stock and CL for futures in the database, if the symbol passed to NT DLL can not be mapped to any instument in the instrument list, how does NT automatically map to something from its database. Actually for safty reason, NT DLL should never execute any trades if the instrument is not recognizable. In my case, when I passed "CL N8=1" as a parameter to NTCommand, ithat instrument should never be mapped to the CL stock since the stock CL was not in my instrument list.

Anyway, your solution of passing symbol in NT format worked. Thanks.


- Clearpicks

>> if there are multiple entries can be found?
You should not do that to avoid random effects and confusion.

>> Why was "CL N8=1" mapped
Sorry, I don't know.

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

>> should never be mapped to the CL stock since the stock CL was not in my instrument list
Incorrect. The CL is setup in the default DB and that's what matters. Instrument list(s) are irrelevant