Setting Strategy as Enabled by default

[eramosr21]

Hi,
I'm developing a Support Strategy of my Main Strategy that would be invoked and used, my problem is that I don't have a way to Enable my Support strategy by code, I only can do it from the UI so far, is there a way I can do it as part of the Initialization of my main strategy?.

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello eramosr21,

Thanks for your post.

No, it is not possible to enable a NinjaScript strategy programmatically. You would need to manually enable to strategy from the UI in either a Chart window or in the Strategies tab of the Control Center.

We are currently tracking interest for this feature in an internal ticket and I have added your vote.

The internal tracking number for your feature request is SFT-2844. Please reference this internal tracking number when contacting Platform Support if you ever have questions regarding this feature request.

When a feature request is implemented, you'll find a description of the new feature in the release notes:

• https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ease_notes.htm

Let us know if we may assist further.

[ntram]

I know this is an old post. Please add my up vote for this feature request.
Thanks

[Marioroa]

Hola, como hago para votar a favor de dicha funcion SFT-2844. agreguen mi voto por favor. ya ha pasado algun tiempo, o ya la implemnetaron?

[QuantKey_Bruce]

I'm surprised to hear all of this that it is impossible. It is a potential safety hazard, and arguably not a great idea, but you can set IsEnabled to true during State.Configure of a strategy if you wish and it will be enabled. I assume you could probably iterate the strategies on the chart and enable one from a different one - you should try this to see.

#region Using declarations
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using NinjaTrader.Cbi;
using NinjaTrader.Gui;
using NinjaTrader.Gui.Chart;
using NinjaTrader.Gui.SuperDom;
using NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools;
using NinjaTrader.Data;
using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript;
using NinjaTrader.Core.FloatingPoint;
using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators;
using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.DrawingTools;
#endregion

//This namespace holds Strategies in this folder and is required. Do not change it.
namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Strategies
{
    public class TestEnablingByDefault : Strategy
    {
        protected override void OnStateChange()
        {
            if (State == State.SetDefaults)
            {
                Name                                        = "TestEnablingByDefault";
                Calculate                                    = Calculate.OnBarClose;
            }
            else if (State == State.Configure)
            {
                IsEnabled = true;
            }
        }

        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
        }
    }
}
​

[mlarocco]

I'm surprised to hear all of this that it is impossible. It is a potential safety hazard, and arguably not a great idea, but you can set IsEnabled to true during State.Configure of a strategy if you wish and it will be enabled. I assume you could probably iterate the strategies on the chart and enable one from a different one - you should try this to see.

#region Using declarations
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using NinjaTrader.Cbi;
using NinjaTrader.Gui;
using NinjaTrader.Gui.Chart;
using NinjaTrader.Gui.SuperDom;
using NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools;
using NinjaTrader.Data;
using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript;
using NinjaTrader.Core.FloatingPoint;
using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators;
using NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.DrawingTools;
#endregion

//This namespace holds Strategies in this folder and is required. Do not change it.
namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Strategies
{
public class TestEnablingByDefault : Strategy
{
protected override void OnStateChange()
{
if (State == State.SetDefaults)
{
Name = "TestEnablingByDefault";
Calculate = Calculate.OnBarClose;
}
else if (State == State.Configure)
{
IsEnabled = true;
}
}

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
}
}
}
​

Excellent! This works