Instrument.MasterInstrument.Name

[Mauripasto]

I often use instructions like

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

or

if (Instrument.FullName = ".....")

in order to identify specific instruments.
There is no problem with stocks or currency pairs, while how may I avoid to necessarily change my codes every month when using futures, whose symbol is (for istance) "ES 03-15" ?

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Hello Mauripasto,

Thank you for your post.

There are a couple different ways to do this however I believe the setup I have provided below will meet your needs here

string instrumentName = Instrument.FullName.Substring(0, Instrument.MasterInstrument.Name.Length + 1);
string fullInstrument = string.Concat(instrumentName, ContractMonth);

if(Instrument.FullName == fullInstrument)
	Print("HIT");

We are getting the ES naming convention string and adding an additional space which will serve for between ES and the Contract Month

We then use string.Concat() to combine the two strings, ContractMonth being a public string that can be set from the properties of the indicator

I then added the if statement to test the string name and printed Hit to confirm that it was working as expected.


Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[Mauripasto]

Perfect. Thank you