How can I get a list of all possible strategies that can be attached to an order in the Bloomberg EMSX API?

I am using the Bloomberg EMSX API in the Financial Toolbox to send orders to my brokers.

After instantiating an order, if I try to route the order I get a message saying that a strategy is required.

How can I get a list of all possible strategies that can be attached to an order, together with a detailed description of each strategy?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

After opening a connection to Bloomberg, you can use the function "getBrokerInfo" to obtain a list of the available strategies for a broker, as follows:

>> c = emsx('//blp/emapisvc_beta');
>> brokerstrat.EMSX_TICKER = 'ABCD US Equity';
>> brokerstrat.EMSX_BROKER = 'BMTB';
>> r = getBrokerInfo( c, brokerstrat )

The lines above return a list of the available strategies for the specified broker.

To obtain more information about a specific strategy, you can use the function "getBrokerInfo" again, as follows:

>> brokerstrat.EMSX_TICKER = 'ABCD US Equity';
>> brokerstrat.EMSX_BROKER = 'BMTB';
>> brokerstrat.EMSX_STRATEGY = 'SSP';
>> r = getBrokerInfo( c, brokerstrat )

You can find more information about the "getBrokerInfo" function in the following documentation page:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/datafeed/emsx.getbrokerinfo.html