Assigning execution.MarketPosition to a variable

[Spiderbird]

Hi all,

Doing something dumb, but I'm trying to assign the value generated in iExecution related to market position in a variable for later processing.

I'm trying the following in the iExecution section:

protected override void OnExecution(IExecution execution)
	{
		trade_TypeofTrade = execution.MarketPosition;
	}

and have been attempting to define "trade_TypeofTrade" as a string, int, etc.

If I want to store the execution.MarketPosition variable, what would be the correct code?

Thanks in advance!

[koganam]

Hi all,

Doing something dumb, but I'm trying to assign the value generated in iExecution related to market position in a variable for later processing.

I'm trying the following in the iExecution section:

protected override void OnExecution(IExecution execution)
	{
		trade_TypeofTrade = execution.MarketPosition;
	}

and have been attempting to define "trade_TypeofTrade" as a string, int, etc.

If I want to store the execution.MarketPosition variable, what would be the correct code?

Thanks in advance!

Have you tried

trade_TypeofTrade = execution.MarketPosition.ToString();

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello Spiderbird,

Thank you for your inquiry.

MarketPosition is an enum type.

If you would like trade_TypeofTrade to be of the same type, you would want to create trade_TypeofTrade as a MarketPosition.

Example:

private MarketPosition trade_TypeofTrade;

You would then be able to store the execution's MarketPosition to trade_TypeofTrade without converting it.

However, if you would like your trade_TypeofTrade to be a string variable, you could use the code koganam has provided.

[Spiderbird]

Hi Koganam! Thanks for your help as always. I went the route Zachary suggested and everything is working now. Thanks to you both for your time.

[chinaairlines]

Hello Spiderbird,

Thank you for your inquiry.

MarketPosition is an enum type.

If you would like trade_TypeofTrade to be of the same type, you would want to create trade_TypeofTrade as a MarketPosition.

Example:

private MarketPosition trade_TypeofTrade;

You would then be able to store the execution's MarketPosition to trade_TypeofTrade without converting it.

However, if you would like your trade_TypeofTrade to be a string variable, you could use the code koganam has provided.

thank you NinjaTrader_Zachary