MB Trading & Ninja Trader

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherS]

Hello alex.nt,

What stocks are you trying to create?

What happens when you try to create these instruments in NinjaTrader?

[alex.nt]

Sorry, I did not know that NinjaTrader does not include most of the available symbols and user has to add them via Instrument Manager. I thought all the known at the moment of release instruments are defined in Instrument Manager.

It is not obvious that some symbols are defined while another are not.

Once I created a new symbol in Instrument Manager, selected its exchange and defined the underlying symbol it began to work.

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherS]

Hello alex.nt,

NinjaTrader comes pre-loaded with the most commonly traded instruments however, you may find the need to add an additional instrument. Please follow the instructions below to add an instrument in the Instrument Manager.

From the NinjaTrader Control Center window select the menu Tools > Instrument Manager
Press the "New" button
*Enter in instrument specific information and select the appropriate exchange (add Default exchange for equities in addition to the actual exchange)
Fill in any relevant information under the "Misc" tab such as symbol mapping for your target connectivity provider
Press the "OK" button
* If you wish to add an equity, this can be accomplished without following the steps above. Just open a chart (for example) and start typing in the symbol and a new instrument is automatically created.

The instrument is now added to the master instrument list. Please follow the instructions below if you want to add this instrument to an instrument list.

Select the instrument list you wish to add the instrument to via the "Instrument lists" drop down list in the upper left hand corner
Select the exchange (Default recommend for equities) as this will route orders to your broker smart routing system
Select the appropriate expiration date if this is a futures instrument
Press the "<" button to add the instrument to the list
You are now complete and can press the "OK" button.