Is MarketPosition global or per strategy?

[koganam]

If I have 2 strategies running simultaneously, and one enters a long position, will the other strategy see the market in a long position, or does the second strategy evaluate the market strictly from its own point of view, viz, that it the second strategy is still flat, so that, as far as it is concerned the account is not long?

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

koganam, MarketPosition is per strategy. Strategies are completely independent of each other.

[tony98]

If I have multiple strategies running. How can i get my total long/short position? i.e across all strategies. Thanks.
Tony

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi Tony,

The position info applies only to the strategy accessing it. There are not available properties to check positions at the account level.

[tony98]

Hi Ryan,

Won't the function below do it? I am not sure what is the difference between these NTDirect functions and the usual NT methods. Thanks.

int MarketPosition(stringinstrument, stringaccount)
Gets the market position for an instrument/account combination. Returns 0 for flat, negative value for short positive value for long.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Those are not NinjaScript functions. They're designed for the Automated Trading Interface, which would take signals from an external source and then execute through NinjaTrader. This is a separate environment from NS.

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