Reading instrument name

[texasnomad]

I'm trying to simulate a tick by tick strategy. I added the following lines in Initialize():

 Add("EURUSD",PeriodType.Tick,1,MarketDataType.Bid);   
   Add("EURUSD",PeriodType.Tick,1,MarketDataType.Ask);

This doesn't work for testing as I don't wish to hard code the instrument. Ideally, I would like to look it up programmatically

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...sterinstrument.

The docs for MasterInstrument say that MasterInstrument.Name should not be calling in Initialize(). Is there another method or property that can supply the Instrument name of the main chart within Initialize()?

[NinjaTrader_RyanM]

Hi texasnomad,

Currently hard coding the instrument is only solution for now. We have this suggestion tracked with ID # 916, to allow bid / ask series Add() overload that doesn't require instrument specification.

You can see this thread for a recent discussion on this and some work-arounds proposed:
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...988#post215988

[texasnomad]

Thanks for the link. Instrument.FullName successfully replaces the hard coded string.