EnterLong() for multiple instruments?

[puravida]

hello community,

i am trying to achieve the following:
I have a basket of stocks that get compared on relative strength and then sortet by lowest to highest value. Taking the last 5 values of the sorted list will give me a key/value pair of the instruments i want to buy. So i actually have for example (List<KeyValuePair<double, string>>):
1.9, IEV
1.67, QQQ
1.51, EFA

This works so far. What i now want is to actually EnterLong() on the three calculated positions, but i am unsure how to actually do that, since EnterLong() does not have a valid method for entering a specific instrument. Is it possible to compare my SYM string to anything? I am looking for something like:
EnterLong("IEV");
EnterLong("QQQ");
EnterLong("EFA");

Thanks for reading.

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Hello Puravida,

Thank you for your post.

You would need to use the overload method for EnterLong() of -
EnterLong(int barsInProgressIndex, int quantity, string signalName)

You would pass through the BarsInProgress that you want to submit the order to, then the quantity of the order, and then a signal name for tracking later.

Example, to submit an order to the QQQ with IEV as my primary instrument, meaning the one that I am loading the strategy on.

EnterLong(1, 100, "LongEntry");

Here is a link on how BarsInProgress works and the EnterLong()
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...?enterlong.htm
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...inprogress.htm

[puravida]

Hi Cal and thanks for your response so far.

That sounds like a plan, i am just unsure how i would determine the actual index for my top-5 instruments, since the sorting of the key/value list will make it impossible to match the index of the list to the initial BarsInProgress sorting by Add().

Therefore, is there a shortcut possible to determine the BarsInProgress index if i have only the instrument name as string? Or do i have to tweak the list to save the initial index for later use (the long way)?

Thanks for reading.

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

You can run the BarsInProgress Check for your script and have the name check as well.

Example -
if(BarsInProgress == 1 && Instrument.MasterInstrument.Name == "QQQ")

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...nstruments.htm