Brokerage Account Balances - Variable Names - TD Ameritrade

[tonyh]

Hello:

I have reviewed the thread (http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/...ead.php?t=5474) for determining what account information is provided by different brokerages. According to this thread TD Ameritrade provides the following account information:

TD Ameritrade
Values exclude commissions
Buying Power
Cash Value
Realized PnL

What are the variable names associated with these 3 account balances?

Also, is there a SamplePositionSizer code available within NT using above variables (e.g., like IntrabarBacktest, SampleOnOrderUpdate, etc.)? These sample codes are a great help to me!

Thanks.

Tony

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Tony,

Please note that accessing account values is not supported in NT6.5. In NT7 you can use this: http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...countvalue.htm

Unfortunately we do not have any position sizer type sample. This would be dependent on what you want to do with your position sizing. You can take a certain size and multiply it by some percentage and do some math to figure out how many contracts/shares you want to buy based off of that.

[tonyh]

Get Account Values

Thanks Josh. I guess I'll download NT7 beta. Any idea when NT7 will be out of beta testing?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

tonyh,

Unfortunately I have no time estimate I can provide you with.

[borland]

Does the public beta imply you are getting close to a release date? When beta 6 went public, how long after was it before the final release?

It's getting confusing now that the forum is supporting both the beta and the outdated release.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

borland,

We are getting closer to a production release. Historically the beta process lasts for several months.

[borland]

I know Josh, but I was asking about the public beta. Normally there is no public beta. I'm just saying the public beta is a bit confusing.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

borland,

I am not sure what you mean. Public betas are pretty common place for software. Historically, public betas of NT have lasted for several months.

[borland]

Several more months. Thanks, that's what I was asking.