Attaching a Watchlist/ Scan To a Strategy?

[jeffrybatista]

Hello traders, I hope everyone is having a blessed New Year. Today, I have crashed into an unnoticed problem while coding some of my strategies and I'm not sure if I have missed something, maybe in the unknown, or simply this feature may not exist yet. Is there a way to connect a watchlist to a strategy so that the strategy can execute within a manually picked selection of tickers? Most importantly, is it possible to connect a strategy to a scanner watchlist so that the strategy can trade within the tickers selected through the scanner's filters? Suppose the answer to these questions is no. How can full automation of a strategy be possible if the strategy cannot find tickers with setups for your strategy? I'm a bit confused as to why this wouldn't be a feature, given the importance of it.

I am aware that you can add your strategy to multiple charts but then you're limited in your selection, not making it optimal for the setups being searched for. I also understand that AddDataSeries(symbol, periodType, periodValue) exists in OnStateChange(State.Configure) but only allows you to trade within preselected tickers. My goal is full autonomy so I hope that there is something im missing instead of having to figure out how this can be achieved elsewhere. Any help with this information is much appreciated. thank you for your time and effort.

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello jeffrybatista,

Thank you for your post.

There is no built-in functionality that allows a strategy to execute on a dynamic list of instruments.

As you mentioned, AddDataSeries() can be used to add additional series for your strategy to submit orders to however this is not meant to be used dynamically (meaning all calls to AddDataSeries() should be hard-coded).

This thread will remain open for users who want to provide unsupported solutions.