Market-Specific PlaySound

[laocoon]

Hi

I've developed a strategy that runs on a variety of markets and plays a sound file whenever it produces a signal. Now I'd like it to play a market-specific sound file, ie when there's a signal in the Dax it should say "Dax" when there's a signal in the EuroFX it should say "Euro" etc.

I've got all the sound files recorded and the naming of the different markets is in place as well, following this example:

if (Instrument.MasterInstrument.Name == "FDAX")

How do I link the PlaySound command with the specific market the strategy is applied to?

Thanks a lot.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi laocoon,

You've got the conditional statement down, so you just add the PlaySound command afterword, for each instrument.

if (Instrument.MasterInstrument.Name == "FDAX")
PlaySound(@"C:\myFDAXSound.wav");

For structuring your code, it's best to nest these within the order placement block, so that you don't have to duplicate the order placement conditionals for each instrument.

if (orderConditions)
{
//place orders

if (Instrument.MasterInstrument.Name == "FDAX")
PlaySound(@"C:\myFDAXSound.wav");

if (Instrument.MasterInstrument.Name == "ES")
PlaySound(@"C:\myESSound.wav");

}

[laocoon]

Hi RyanM

Excellent! For some reason I didn't think about that myself.

Thanks a lot.