Provide Account Selector in indicator parameter settings

[Mubeen Haider]

Hi Ninja experts,

I'm developing an indicator which will place trades using CreateOrder(). For this I need to choose an account for trade (like sim101). What I need is to add the account selector in the indicator parameter settings so that I can choose an account while applying indicator on a chart. I have tried the following code which compiles successfully but crashes NT8 when I try to load the indicator on the chart instead of the listing available accounts in my Ninja. I feel I'm missing something due to which the end result is not achieved. Here is the code I included for this:

#region Properties
[NinjaScriptProperty]
[XmlIgnore]
[Display(Name="My Account", Order=1, GroupName="Parameters")]
public AccountSelector AS
{
get {return AS;}
set{AS = new AccountSelector() ;}
}
#endregion

I request you to advise/help me on this issue. Thanks for your time and consideration.

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi Mubeen, thanks for posting. An account selector property for the UI is written as:

[TypeConverter(typeof(NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Accou ntNameConverter))]
public string AccountName { get; set; }

Then you will use this string to set up the Account object:

State.Configure:

lock (Account.All)
    myAccount = Account.All.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Name == AccountName);

Then check to make sure myAccount is not null then you can use and submit orders to the account. There is a full example here:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/account_class.htm

Kind regards,
-ChrisL

[Mubeen Haider]

Thank you so much Chris, your advice worked for me. This platform has always been useful for me whenever I am stuck some where. Thanks.

[Xiongl80]

Hello ChrisL,
Do you still have a link to the full example in #2? I went to the link above, but it says Page not Found.

[Xiongl80]

Hello again ChrisL,
I'm also wondering if there's a way to do this that will give me a drop-down menu to select which ATM strategy I'm currently using. Or if there's a way to have the ATM strategy I've selected in the Chart Trader be called into my indicator.

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Please try this link:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/account_class.htm

[kevinenergy]

Is there an equivalent of this for Instruments? I'd like an easy way to add an instrument picker to an instrument's settings.

Hi Mubeen, thanks for posting. An account selector property for the UI is written as:

[TypeConverter(typeof(NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Accou ntNameConverter))]
public string AccountName { get; set; }

Then you will use this string to set up the Account object:

State.Configure:

lock (Account.All)
myAccount = Account.All.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Name == AccountName);

Then check to make sure myAccount is not null then you can use and submit orders to the account. There is a full example here:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/account_class.htm

Kind regards,
-ChrisL

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello kevinenergy,

The NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.InstrumentSelector will do the job.
https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...90#post1090890

Where the property is used, be sure to check the value is not null.
https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...references.htm

[TradeForge]

Hi Mubeen, thanks for posting. An account selector property for the UI is written as:

[TypeConverter(typeof(NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Accou ntNameConverter))]
public string AccountName { get; set; }

Then you will use this string to set up the Account object:

State.Configure:

lock (Account.All)
myAccount = Account.All.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Name == AccountName);

Then check to make sure myAccount is not null then you can use and submit orders to the account. There is a full example here:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/account_class.htm

Kind regards,
-ChrisL

Hello, sorry to re open this topic.
The solution you provide works perfectly with sim accounts.
For instance, I save the selected account name to the indicator parametter and reload the saved account when we change time frame, ect..
I retriewe all sim account when i do it, but, using a real one is doesn't re appear, do you know why please?

[TradeForge]

Found, it's because of the "!apex!apex" added on the name, but this part of the name is not registered ...

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello TradeForge,

There is the Account.DisplayName (as it shows in the Account drop-down) and the Account.Name which is the full name of the account.