SendMail Query

[sburtt]

This is more a programming query:
I often use SendMail() in my strategies, what sintax should I use to receive message with more than 1 line in the message field?

For example now I am receiving this message:

SendMail("my@email","my@email","Trade Recap","You entered Long, Good Luck!");

That is displayed this way:

You entered Long, Good Luck!

How can I get it to be displayed this way:

You entered Long,

Good Luck!

Thanks,

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello sburtt,

Inside of your String of the body text you would put a "\r\n" to create a new line inside of the string for your message.

For example:

string test = "This is a Test.\n\rAnd now it is over.";

This will output like:

This is a Test.
And now it is over.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228362(v=VS.80).aspx

[sburtt]

Hello sburtt,

Inside of your String of the body text you would put a "\n\r" to create a new line inside of the string for your message.

For example:

string test = "This is a Test.\n\rAnd now it is over.";

This will output like:

This is a Test.
And now it is over.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=VS.80).aspx

1.
I am actually having a problem doing this, it works fine with text, but what If need to add a another string with my execution price, for example lets say that i want to display the email text this way:

Order Long was filled at:
512.50
Good luck!

How do I pull out the price 512.50 from the following string?

protected override void OnExecution(IExecution execution)
{
   // put the execution details into string format
    string exec_s = execution.ToString();
}

2. and would the answer to 1. change if insted of using the code above i get the price from something like this i have elsewhere in my script?

+Convert.ToDecimal(enterPosition).ToString("###0.00")

Thanks for your help

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello sburtt,

Well an easier way to get just the price that your order was filled would be to use the "execution.Price".

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?iexecution.htm

As for the adding in the price, could you try something like:

SendMail("my@email","my@email","Trade Recap","Order Long was filled at:\r\n"+exec_s+"\r\nGood Luck!");

[sburtt]

Hello sburtt,

Well an easier way to get just the price that your order was filled would be to use the "execution.Price".

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?iexecution.htm

As for the adding in the price, could you try something like:

SendMail("my@email","my@email","Trade Recap","Order Long was filled at:\r\n"+exec_s+"\r\nGood Luck!");

ok working fine now, in the previous reply you had posted \n\r rather than \r\n and that was giving error, but all good now. Thanks!

1 last thing, is there a way to print the market position status prior execution and after execution? I would need the output to be long/short or flat, could you pls advise on how I can get this? thanks

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello sburtt,

My apologizes, I have changed my post to reflect that as well.

As for checking the position before OnExecution() the best way that I can think of would be to create a variable and set the variable to Position.MarketPosition inside of OnBarUpdate() so that you may check it inside of OnExecution() and then you may also get the Position.MarketPosition to tell you what your new position is.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/marketposition.htm

[sburtt]

in the OnExecution() section
would (Position.MarketPosition).toString() return flat/long/short?

furthermore, why do I need to set a variable for Position.MarketPosition? Doesn't the strategy know I am long after a long entry is executed?

Thanks,

[NinjaTrader_JC]

Hello sburtt,

Yes, in OnExecution you may use the Position.MarketPosition but this will return the what MarketPosition you are in as of the Execution.

If you would like to see what position you were prior to the Execution in OnExecution you would have to use a variable to store that value.