Lot size for a symbol

[alex.nt]

Hi,

How to get the lot size for a symbol in a strategy?

I am trying to calculate unrealized PL per IOrder.

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Alex, could you please clarify - you would enter the IOrder with a certain qty, so you would have access to it?

[alex.nt]

Hi Bertrand,

Sorry for confusion: I need a quantity in terms of shares/units, not in terms of lots.

IOrder.Quantity is 1 but QTY value is 0.1M, therefore UnPL & PL should be multiplied 0.1M. The question is how to obtain QTY value from within a strategy.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Thanks, unfortunately this could not be accessed programmatically - it would be whatever you're account is setup to use at the provider backend, so in other words what this 1 qty would represent. In backtesting you would just enter the absolute unit quantity desired.

[alex.nt]

Is there any other way to calculate UnPL per IOrder in terms of Currency?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Unfortunately not aware of another way here.