Always start with a long or short

[Nu2NT]

When starting a single direction automated trading strategy such as when x = y go long or short and exit when x no longer =y how do I make certain the strategy will start with the enter long or short rather than the exit position command?
Thank you in advance.

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

Not sure I follow, why are you concerned if an exit call is made first? If there is nothing to exit, this method call is ignored internally anyways.

[Nu2NT]

During back testing and simulation the strategy would sometimes would start with the exit.
Perhaps real time application is the cure.

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

For sure an Exit() method could be called first before an Entry() method but this Exit() is ignored (no action taken) if a position does not exist.

From NT perspective -

This:

ExitLong();
EnterLong();

is the same as:

EnterLong();
ExitLong();

if these were the only method calls in OnBarUpdate().

[Nu2NT]

Thank you for the help