Position.MarketPosition

[ATI user]

compiler accepts
if (Position.MarketPosition != MarketPosition.Flat)
but not
if (Position.MarketPosition == "Long")
even though
Print("Position = "+Position.MarketPosition );
prints "Long"

1. is there a method which returns direction of position?

2. is there a method which returns the number of lots in the position?

3. does OnPositionUpdate not update when a stop is hit?

[terenyi]

MarketPosition is an enumeration. When you write Print("Position = "+Position.MarketPosition ); then its ToString() method is implicitly called which converts MarketPosition.Long to the string "Long". What you want to do is: if(Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

2. Position.Quantity

3. When a stop is hit and filled OnPositionUpdate will update. This is only relevant for NinjaScript positions.

[terenyi]

1. is there a method which returns direction of position?

That should be Position.MarketPosition.

2. is there a method which returns the number of lots in the position?

I think there is something like Position.Quantity or something like that.

3. does OnPositionUpdate not update when a stop is hit?

It should once the order is filled.

[ATI user]

thanks Josh and Terenyi

I have been using atmStrategyCreate code for the last 3 years...more flexible....however can only be tested in MarketReplay

Josh... does StrategyAnalyzer still not run atmStrategies?

re "3. When a stop is hit and filled OnPositionUpdate will update. This is only relevant for NinjaScript positions. "...in SA I am testing new ninjascript which uses the standard Order Methods...and it does not seem to be updating on stop hits...

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

ATI User,

It updates only when positions change. You likely have too many filters in your code for its printing.

Any time you see Positon.Quantity change or Position.MarketPosition change it means it has already finished OnPositionUpdate().

No, you cannot backtest ATM strategies.