US 10 Year bonds instrument NinjaTrader Support Forum (2024)

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• EastLondonKiwi

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  #1

  US 10 Year bonds instrument

  04-03-2017, 03:38 AM

  Hi

  I am struggling to find the US 10 year bonds instrument, in the instrument list I have.

  Can support either point me at the correct instrument name or point me at a help guide reference that explains how to load it.

  Kind regards

  Duncan

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• NinjaTrader_EricB

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  #2

  04-03-2017, 03:48 AM

  Hello EastLondonKiwi,

  Thank you for your post,

  The 10 Year US Bonds is listed in NinjaTrader as "ZN."

  To view this, I suggest going to New > Chart > Select the magnifying glass > Search "ZN" and select by double-clicking > OK to open the chart.

  Once this is complete, you'll then be able to access the ZN from every instrument drop-down list.

  https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ntselector.htm

  Let us know if we may assist further.

  Eric B.NinjaTrader Customer Service

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• EastLondonKiwi

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  #3

  04-03-2017, 04:08 AM

  Thanks Eric. I'll check out ZN.

  in Ninja script 8 what is the method I could call that lists all the Instruments? and what properties can be derived from it?

  Eg Name, Type (Futures, Forex) etc...

  Kind regards

  Duncan

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• NinjaTrader_JessicaP

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  #4

  04-03-2017, 07:45 AM

  Thank you for your question Duncan. While there is no supported method for doing this, other users have had some luck investigating the undocumented object NinjaTrader.Cbi.InstrumentList.All . Undocumented code can not be supported nor guaranteed to be maintained. However, for the moment, the following block of code will work.

  Code:

  [FONT=Courier New] protected override void OnBarUpdate() { foreach(NinjaTrader.Cbi.InstrumentList l in NinjaTrader.Cbi.InstrumentList.All) { Print(l.Name); foreach(Instrument i in l.Instruments) { Print(i.FullName); } } }[/FONT]

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• EastLondonKiwi

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  #5

  04-03-2017, 08:16 AM

  Thanks Jessica you are a star

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• EastLondonKiwi

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  #6

  04-03-2017, 12:58 PM

  Jessica Ok I am getting there.

  Firstly. Calling NinjaTrader.Cbi.Instrument must be within the method OnStateChange, trying to call it from OnBarUpdate causes an error

  Once I figured that out I got results I was after

  Then I realised the Instrument list is a derived list made by a User, and is not the list of Instrument I want to check. I am after the entire list of instruments my NinjaTrader database contains. So based on your example I got to this point.

  Code:

  foreach (NinjaTrader.Cbi.Instrument l in NinjaTrader.Cbi.Instrument.All){ Print(l.MasterInstrument.Name){

  However. this is now more data than I need and I want to only add to a variable those name where the InstrumentType equals "Forex"

  but I am having a blond moment and can not figure out how to cast l.MasterInstrument.InstrumentType to a string. I had thought this would work, but I was wrong:

  Code:

  foreach (NinjaTrader.Cbi.Instrument l in NinjaTrader.Cbi.Instrument.All){ where(l.MasterInstrument.InstrumentType.ToString.Contains("Forex")) { Print(l.MasterInstrument.Name) }{

  Can you advise

  Thanks

  Duncan

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• NinjaTrader_JessicaP

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  #7

  04-03-2017, 02:13 PM

  We are discussing undocumented functionality and parts of NinjaTrader we do not directly support. Discovering how to filter down to a specific instrument list is a trial and error investigative process. This said the code example I posted earlier was tried inside an indicator's onbarupdate routine, and if you will carefully analyze the difference between my code and your code I believe you will be able to see a point where the code I posted is capable of making this distinction already. I recommend running it in a new indicator as the indicator's entire onbarupdate method, with a ninjascript output window already open, then pressing ctrl+a, ctrl+c inside the output window, and finally pasting the copied output into your favorite text editor. If you look inside the output for a known symbol, for example, the ES 06-17, then look upward from there, and compare this to the code, you should be able to discover how to filter based on instrument list.

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• EastLondonKiwi

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  #8

  04-04-2017, 12:51 AM

  Thanks Jessica

  I will look at your code again and access, however I am still sure the list in your code is the derived lists to enable a user to group specific instruments together making finding them later easier, and while I could use these lists as the basis for my indicator, I would rather have a more generic method I can use for wider purposes. So I will keep battling on with figuring out how to address the output. Oh and for clarification I am using the Output window for assessing the results.

  Ok that said can you also have a look at the instrument ZN 06-17 that is the US 10 year bonds futures instrument.

  I found that instrument in the database, and I can add that to a chart, but I get no data from it? does that mean I am limited in the data type my licenses allows me to access or is there some other issue I need to address.

  Thanks

  Duncan

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• NinjaTrader_JessicaP

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  #9

  04-04-2017, 08:58 AM

  Originally posted by EastLondonKiwiView Post

  I found that instrument in the database, and I can add that to a chart, but I get no data from it? does that mean I am limited in the data type my licenses allows me to access

  Usually this is the case. I would like to invite you to visit Tools -> Instruments, find and edit your ZN instrument, and compare your settings to those I have attached, to ensure that your instrument mappings are not causing this. 06-17 is a recent expiry date.

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• EastLondonKiwi

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  #10

  04-04-2017, 01:09 PM

  Thanks Jessica

  My settings match your settings, so I have to assume it's my data feed.

  Thanks

  Duncan

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