Programmatically change instrument

QuantKey_Bruce

Vendor

Join Date: Mar 2007

Posts: 1918
#1

Programmatically change instrument

03-08-2023, 09:28 AM

Is there a supported or unsupported method to programmatically change the instrument on a NinjaTrader 8 Desktop chart and cause the chart to be reloaded/refreshed, without pushing keys to the chart?

Bruce DeVault
QuantKey Trading Vendor Services
NinjaTrader Ecosystem Vendor - QuantKey
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NinjaTrader_ChrisL

NinjaTrader Customer Service

Join Date: Apr 2017

Posts: 7352
#2

03-08-2023, 09:42 AM

Hello Bruce, thanks for writing in. There is no supported way to change the chart primary instrument through code, you would need to use SendKeys() from the .NET library. The same question was asked here with some more details and an example:

Change chart instrument using code - NinjaTrader Support Forum

https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/ninjatrader-8/indicator-development/1107700-change-chart-instrument-using-code

Hi, I have an indicator that saves chart data to MySql. Is there a way to change the instrument displayed on a chart using code? Is there a better way to gather OHLC data for various instruments than cycling through charts? Thanks for any assistance you can provide. Ian

Kind regards,
-ChrisL
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