How to apply Strategy to many instruments?

[localappleseed]

We apply Strategy through GUI chart, which means I have to open one instrument chart first. If I need to apply the SAME Strategy to many instruments at the same time, say 50 instruments, how do I do it?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello localappleseed,

Thanks for your post.

There are two ways to apply a strategy, on a chart as you have been or directly in the Strategies tab of the control center.
References:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/?running_a_ninjascript_strategy.htm

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/?running_a_ninjascript_strateg2.htm

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/?strategies_tab.htm#UnderstandingTheStrategiesTab

When you create the strategy on the chart, any output of the strategy (such as drawing objects) will show on that chart. Additionally, the strategy is automatically added to the strategies tab where you can easily enable/disable all strategies.

When you create a strategy directly on the strategies tab of the control center, no chart is associated so there is no cost of CPU/GPU related to drawing objects (if any) of the strategy. When you create the strategy in the strategy tab, you will also specify the primary instrument and time frame as there is no associated chart to pull that data from.