Forex liive trading through IB: Doubt about quantity

[pstrusi]

Hi Ninjas, I have a doubt about trading forex ( Cash , No futures ) through NT-IB (Interactivebrokers)

I have read this from your help guide:

"Running FX NinjaScript Strategies on a Live Brokerage Connection

Running an FX strategy on a live brokerage connection either in a live funded account or a simulation (Sim101) account order quantities will reflect the lot size convention that your brokerage trades in. For example, if your brokerage has a lot size of 1 that equals 100,000 units of the base currency (a "standard" lot) then use a value of 1 to trade 100,000 base units "

So, I did a trial using just the Sim01 account, and I've checked that executions are done just as programmed in my strategy, EnterLong(100000, "BUY"); so here my question:

If I'm trading EURUSD cash, no futures, and seeing what the system does with the Sim001 account, can I rely whenever I go live that orders will be executed the same, or will I have to set in quantity 1 ?

It's kind of confused this.

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello pstrusi,

Thank you for your post.

You will need to check with your broker to find out what lot size is represented by 1. If a standard lot size is 100,000 for your broker than use 100,000. If it is 1 than use 1.

This is something to discuss with your broker directly to ensure the correct order quantity is routed to the broker from NinjaTrader.

[pstrusi]

The order quantity is sent as is in the script, by 100.000. The curious thing is my IB set is put in units of 100k but it didn't matter. I did this test 5 minutes ago to be sure.

Thanks anyway