Possible to define properties from a text file?

[powbordon1126]

Hello,

I am very new to C#, so I am hoping you can help me with some patience.

I currently have a working strategy that has user defined properties via the strategy UI that define price levels for support and resistance, and will take trades from those levels when certain conditions exist.

I am looking to update this strategy in a way that would allow me to reference an external text file. During market replay, I am hoping I can define these price levels (properties?) from the external file, grabbing price levels associated with a given date, and then testing with those defined price levels. Ideally then I can avoid having to manually enter these price levels on the UI, select a date, and then run the market replay before getting results during my testing.

Example: I choose market replay start and end date, as the replay moves along and the dates change, the strategy is able to read and use the correct levels for a given date.

Is this possible? Can you direct me to where I can read more about how to do this?

Kind regards,

Andy

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello,

Thank you for your post.

Yes, you can read from a text file from your strategy script. Below is a sample script that demonstrates reading from a text file using StreamReader.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/using_streamreader_to_read_fro.htm

Please let us know if you have any further questions.

[powbordon1126]

Awesome! That worked. Now, how can I refer to "today's date" within market replay?

[rockmanx00]

Do you mean the date in reference to the candles? Using Time[0] will get you the Date and time of the current candle. If you are looking for the current day you would use DateTime.Now.