Is there a way in NinjaTrader strategy analyzer to only allow certain stocks to run a strategy on a specific day.

For example, if I wanted
-MSFT to only run on April 1, 2016
- AAPL to only run on April 8, 2016
- WMT to only run on April 2, 2016
- PCLN to only run on Dec 1, 2016

can be this coded into the strategy (ie: if (Date) && MSFT.symbol) as a condition?

I realize its possible to run the strategy analyzer on every day by manually changing the date before each test, but if it was possible to create a condition in the code itself for testing that would be a lot easier for the strategy I'm developing.

Thanks

stealthtrading 

Is there a way in NinjaTrader strategy analyzer to only allow certain stocks to run a strategy on a specific day. For example, if I wanted -MSFT to only run on April 1, 2016 - AAPL to only run on April 8, 2016 - WMT to only run on April 2, 2016 - PCLN to only run on Dec 1, 2016 can be this coded into the strategy (ie: if (Date) && MSFT.symbol) as a condition? I realize its possible to run the strategy analyzer on every day by manually changing the date before each test, but if it was possible to create a condition in the code itself for testing that would be a lot easier for the strategy I'm developing. Thanks

Yes, you can simple create a dictionary with the symbols and the start dates you want to deal with:

 

Code

... using System.Collections.Generic; ... Dictionary<string, DateTime> dictDate = new Dictionary<string, DateTime>(); protected override void Initialize() {   ...     dictDate.Add("MSFT", new DateTime(2016,04,01));   dictDate.Add("AAPL", new DateTime(2016,04,08));   ... protected override void OnBarUpdate()         {    DateTime value = new DateTime(2000,01,01);    if (dictDate.ContainsKey(Instrument.MasterInstrument.Name)) {          value = dictDate(Instrument.MasterInstrument.Name);    }    if (Time[0] >= value)  {       // strategy logic    }