Any shortcut to EnterLong/EnterShort?

[ttodua]

`SubmitOrder` has a nice feature, to pass variables, like



oAction= condition ? orderAction.Buy : orderAction.Sell;
SubmitOrder(.... oAction ... )..

I want to achieve similar with managed orders, so, there should be need to use separate functions (like I am using at this moment):

if( Condition) {
    EnterLong(....); // <------  "long" appears inside FUNCTION name
}
else {
    EnterShort(....); // <------ "short" appears inside FUNCTION name
}

is there any built-in function to solve that (i know that i can create a hard-coded my custom method, but i wish built-in alternative), like i could:

i.e.
action = "enter";
direction= "short";
ExecuteTrade(action , direction ) ; // instead of EnterShort()

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello selnomeria,

OrderAction is an enum. Use this as you would any other enum.

OrderAction  ordersAction = OrderAction.Buy;

SubmitOrder(0, [B]ordersAction[/B], OrderType.Market, 1, 0, 0, string.Empty, string.Empty);

[ttodua]

Hello selnomeria,

OrderAction is an enum. Use this as you would any other enum.

OrderAction  ordersAction = OrderAction.Buy;

SubmitOrder(0, [B]ordersAction[/B], OrderType.Market, 1, 0, 0, string.Empty, string.Empty);

But i say that I want to do like that variable with MANAGED orders, and SubmitOrder is for Unmanaged orders, right?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hi selnomeria,

Yes, SubmitOrder() is used for the unmanaged approach and cannot be used with the managed approach.

With the managed approach the OrderAction is not used at all.

Simply call the method you want to use to place an order with such as EnterLong() or EnterShort().

Below are publicly available links to the help guide.

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/managed_approach.htm

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/enterlonglimit.htm

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/entershort.htm

[ttodua]

i know them, thanks.
i just wanted to know if there was available what i wanted, however, you could simple say "no", and that could be enough for me. thanks! I will create a custom method, which will execute specific function with passed string argument, like: MyOrdderFunc("long",....)