Choosing account to submit order to in a strategy?

[gbourque]

I'm pretty dissatisfied with the available trade copier add-ons available for Ninjatrader. I've written a sophisticated strategy which modifies the ChartTrader interface to my liking, and submits orders, adds bracket orders, moves stops, cancels orders, etc.

I'm fairly certain I could add trade copying to it IF (big if) there is a way to direct orders to a particular account, or to dynamically change the current account selected by ChartTrader.

Please let me know if this is possible. Thanks!

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello gbourque,

This would be possible through the Addon approach (either used in an indicator or from a separate addon window).

The example linked below demonstrates getting the ChartTrader account selected from an indicator.

https://support.ninjatrader.com/s/article/Chart-Trader-UI-Elements-from-Automation-IDs

The ProfitChaseStopTrailAddonExample included in the package linked below uses an Account selector in a separate addon window.

https://support.ninjatrader.com/s/article/Profit-Chase-Stop-Trail

[gbourque]

Got it. I see. You submit orders with the Account object methods rather than SubmitOrderUnmanaged(). That just might work. Thanks.

[gbourque]

I still would like to know how to change the ChartTrader account to the account set in the strategy, via the script. Still don't see how to do this.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello gbourque,

Assign the chartTraderAccountSelector.SelectedAccount to the Account object.

The forum post below has sample code.

https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/ninjatrader-8/platform-technical-support-aa/1122789-is-there-a-way-to-switch-sync-the-active-account-for-all-charts?p=1122824#post1122824

[gbourque]

Yes. That worked. Thank you.