Commission settings question

[Marzullo]

I wanted to set the commission as a rate of the trade size... is it possible?

With certain brokers, calculating the commission is more complex than just setting a minimum and/or some commissions levels, especially when the commission is function of the deal size.

Could this be done using a script which catches every trade and calculate the commission?

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,

NT has great flexibility in how commissions are calculated. Please review this link:

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/CommissionTab.html

Yes, you can do what you want.

[Marzullo]

Hello,

NT has great flexibility in how commissions are calculated. Please review this link:

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/CommissionTab.html

Yes, you can do what you want.

How could I access the current account value to subtract commission then?

My commission is:
commission = dealSize * 0.00005 * EUR_USD_rate

I guess I would need to intercept this inside OnExecution() event.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

What value are you trying to get? NinjaScript strategies do not keep track of your brokerage account value.

dealSize would just be however many quantity you purchased no? You can save this value from your own code.

[Marzullo]

What value are you trying to get? NinjaScript strategies do not keep track of your brokerage account value.

dealSize would just be however many quantity you purchased no? You can save this value from your own code.

But then I need to subtract it from my account value... that's why I need to access it... so it could be kept into account on my performances.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Hi Marzullo, accessing account balance info in NinjaScript strategies is unfortunately not supported.

[Marzullo]

Hi Marzullo, accessing account balance info in NinjaScript strategies is unfortunately not supported.

Is there any plan for this in future?
Sounds I'll have to take trace of all my accounting manually writing to files...

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Thanks for the reply - this functionality is already on our list for future consideration.