Add Custom Defaults when enabling strategy

[Lumbeezl]

How would I add custom variables that are set when I enable the strategy? For example: targets, stops, order quantity, etc.

[NinjaTrader_JoshG]

Hello Lumbeezl,
Thanks for your post.

You would do this by creating a public property for the variable and setting it inside State.SetDefaults. Something like the following snippet:

[NinjaScriptProperty]
[Range(1, double.MaxValue)]
[Display(Name="MyInt", Order=1, GroupName="Parameters")]
public int MyInt
{ get; set; }

I suggest creating your inputs in the Strategy Builder first, and then viewing the code to see what was added.

[Lumbeezl]

Why would you want a public variable and not private?

[NinjaTrader_JoshG]

Lumbeezl,

Because you have a property. This is really a general C# concept so I suggest doing your own research on this one.

Essentially it allows you to access the variable from outside of the script.