OnPositionUpdate & OnOrderUpdate

[suprsnipes]

Hi,

I have a question with regards to the following;

OnPositionUpdate(IPosition position)

if (position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long) priorTrade = position.AvgPrice;

OnOrderUpdate(IOrder order)

if (order.OrderState == OrderState.Filled) priorEntry = order.AvgFillPrice;

After using both of the above types I want to confirm the output when using Print...is it normal for both of them to continually print 0 to the output screen when their is no position?

The code runs as expected but because I haven't done this before I was hoping for some feedback. I'd also like to ask is their any benefit to using one over the other or are they essentially the same?

Regards,
suprsnipes

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,

The differences between them are detailed at the top of each of these links:

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/OnOrderUpdate.html

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/OnPositionUpdate.html

Note that they are only called when there is an event, so they will do nothing (will not be called) when there is no change in state.