Order Quantity Error

[mwait]

Hi,
I'm attempting to set the order Quantity relative to whatever my cash value is at the moment. ( Essentially Cash value divided by the current asking price, rounded to a whole number would be the number of shares I'd like to execute on each long)

In Initialize() I have AccountSize = 40000

then for OnBarUpdate() at the end of my code I have my conditions and the line to long the stock as seen below:
EnterLong("",math.round(GetAccountValue(AccountIte m.CashValue)/Ask[0]), "");

When I run the script it just orders 1 share every time, so its clearly not working...
Could someone assist me, I'm not sure if my logic is correct. I might be going about this all wrong.

Cheers,
Mike

[sledge]

Hi,
I'm attempting to set the order Quantity relative to whatever my cash value is at the moment. ( Essentially Cash value divided by the current asking price, rounded to a whole number would be the number of shares I'd like to execute on each long)

In Initialize() I have AccountSize = 40000

then for OnBarUpdate() at the end of my code I have my conditions and the line to long the stock as seen below:
EnterLong("",math.round(GetAccountValue(AccountIte m.CashValue)/Ask[0]), "");

When I run the script it just orders 1 share every time, so its clearly not working...
Could someone assist me, I'm not sure if my logic is correct. I might be going about this all wrong.

Cheers,
Mike

Before your EnterLong - let's see what's actually being computed.

Print (" GetAccountValue(AccountIte m.CashValue)=" + GetAccountValue(AccountIte m.CashValue) );
Print ( "Ask[0]=" + Ask[0] );
Print ( "The division=" + (GetAccountValue(AccountIte m.CashValue)/Ask[0]))  );
Print ( "The rounding=" + math.round(GetAccountValue(AccountIte m.CashValue)/Ask[0]))  );

Whatever your issue is, it should be clear now.