strategy using picks from a different source

[j0dan]

I'd like to program a strategy that uses daily stock picks from my broker.

I get an excel spreadsheet each day with stocks to trade and use the same parameters and rules to trade them each morning. How would I get NT to read this list and trade with them?

It would also be nice to backtest different strategies with the list I'm given.

Should this be done as an indicator, or strategy? I'm just not quite sure how to start implementing this.

Many thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

You would need to custom code in NinjaScript.

As last resort a certified NinjaScript consultant is at your help: http://www.ninjatrader.com/webnew/pa...injaScript.htm

[j0dan]

You would need to custom code in NinjaScript.

As last resort a certified NinjaScript consultant is at your help: http://www.ninjatrader.com/webnew/pa...injaScript.htm

I was once a C developer in a previous career so can hack together a script on my own, but I'm not sure how to begin. Do I create an indicator or a strategy first? And how can I implement the strategy with different symbols every day.

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

You would program this in a strategy. You would need to read a file with symbols and add these instruments in the Initialize() method of a strategy.

Here is a good place to start - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...struments.html