Manual Interaction with Strategy

[Richard Von]

Is there a way to code strategies that allow manual interactions?

For example, when certain conditions are met, could the strategy ask for manual yes or no before entering the trade?

Also, once the strategy has entered a trade, could you make a manual decision to close it out or to change a stop?

I'd appreciate any help with this.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello Richard,

Thank you for your post.

All order placement in a strategy is done without confirmations. You don't necessarily have to use a strategy to place orders though. You can set it to draw on a chart or play a sound when various conditions are met. You can then use one of the other order entry screens to manually place an order when the bell goes off or an arrow is drawn.

[mrlogik]

Hi Richard,

I dont know the extent of your programming capabilities, but this can be done with a windows form.

[Richard Von]

mrlogik,

I'd appreciate it if you could expand your reply. I often can program if pointed in the right direction or may be willing to employ someone who could do this but need to know what capability to look for and directions to give.

Not sure what you mean by a windows form.

[zweistein]

I have recently published a sample for interaction at runtime.

http://www.zweisteintrading.eu/strategyparametersruntime.htm

and also

http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24493

regards
andreas

[mrlogik]

Hi Rich,

Sorry for my scant reply. I only had a minute earlier.

To expand, I am talking about creating a windows form. A windows form is a application box that has controls (buttons, toggle switches, etc), text readouts, etc on it. You can find some more info here

What I envision is a separate control that opens up when you insert a strategy on the chart. This control (windows form) will integrate with your strategy code, communicating specific variables needed so you can interface with the automated strategy. For example, whenever a signal occurs that you want to confirm / deny, a button on the form could light up asking you for verification. If you confirm, the strategy will enter the trade.... This could be expanded to control stops, exits, etc.

I would create such a form in visual studios 2005 / 2008. You would need to define any methods to communicate with the strategy, then compile a DLL for NT to reference. You would also need to set things up in the NT strategy code to utilize the DLL form you created.

I hope this helps.

[zweistein]

Hi again,


this is all done, I have a editor.Show() function that will popup the window.