Is there an Economic Events Collection? MultiCharts has one:

[YakusaTrader]

Is there something similar to this?

https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=9951#p120751

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello YakusaTrader,

Thanks for your post.

You might check this add-on indicator for NinjaTrader8: https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/use.../jteconnews2a/

[YakusaTrader]

Thank you, I did, however there is no public property I can use in my strategy to backtest / or use it in the Sim.
I also tried to add a streamwriter to it, but it looks like it's locked.
Is there a way I can use it for a strategy?

Thank you!

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello YakusaTrader,

Thanks for your reply.

The code is not locked.

As I understand it the intent of the indicator is to retrieve the current events calendar and put them into a list which is then further sorted according to user settings and then ultimately used to display on the chart and provide alerts if selected. Perhaps you might look at adding a data series to the indicator to "signal" when an alert is issued. The data series can be made public allowing the strategy to read the data series.

Here is a link to the help guide section on data series: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help.../?iseriest.htm

If you prefer to use another type of data, here is a link to an example of exposing other data: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...alues_that.htm

[YakusaTrader]

Thank you very much Paul.
Would it be possible to read from a file past events and backtest a strategy that avoids trading 30 minutes before after events?
I created a .CSV file with all events dating back from 10 years ago.
Let me know.
Thanks again!

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello YakusaTrader,

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, you would be able to read the file in using the C# StreamReader.

While this is not a Ninjascript method we have provided an example of how to use it in the environment

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?using_streamreader_to_read_fro.htm

You can also do an internet search to find further info on the StreamReader.

[YakusaTrader]

Thank you.