There are TONS of trade execution & management tools available for MT that make opening positions with proper risk a breeze.
I've spent some time searching for similar tools for NT8 and what I've found is beyond woeful compared to what I'm used to, particularly for those who trade market orders like I do. This makes me wonder if it's possible at all.
I've coded my own MT4/5 custom trade management tool a'la Magic Keys, and I'm trying to figure out if anything like this, or even this, is possible in NinjaTrader.
I've spent a few minutes looking through the code documentation, but maybe someone familiar with the NT function library can help me figure this out more quickly.
From what I can tell these things are possible via scripting in NT8:
- Placing horizontal lines that can then be moved by a user
- Accessing the price value of those lines and passing them to a variable
- Creating buttons on the chart that a user can click, triggering code within script
It seems like the order execution and management would be done within a 'strategy', right? Does a strategy have the ability to do the above things? Or can only indicators create, manipulate, and access the values of charted objects?
Also, can keystrokes be received, triggering code within the script?
Any help simply confirming or denying the viability of this project would be much appreciated. If it is I'm happy to put the time required into coding it. If not I don't want to waste my time on a dead end road.
Thanks!
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