Multiple strategies / account "state"?

[hawks67]

I am familiar with the code (MarketPosition, etc) required to ensure that only one trade occurs at a time within a strategy. This prevents a second trade from being submitted before the first has closed. Is there a similar method/parameter that can function the same way across multiple strategies? An "account state", if you will, that indicates whether or not there is already a trade open via some other method (manual, second strategy, etc)?

Let's say I have Strategy A running on a 5 min chart. The conditions of this Strategy have been met, and a trade has been submitted. I also have Strategy B running on a 10 min chart. The Strategy B conditions also become true at some point in time after the Strategy A conditions are met.

a) does the fact that Strategy A already submitted a trade have anything to do with whether or not Strategy B can successfully submit its trade

and

b) if the answer to that is no, how can I make it so that Strategy B cannot submit its order while the one from Strategy A is still open?

Thank you in advance,
Gary

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello Hawks76,

a) Cross communication between strategies is not supported. Strategy A is not aware of what's been happening with Strategy B.

b) Since strategy A isn't aware of what Strategy B is doing, a good way to approach this is to put your logic for both strategies into one.

[Sleeping Troll]

Set and read bool flags in your code

Code A:

public bool OrderPending;

if (B.OrderPending == false)
{
//submit order
}

Code B:

public bool OrderPending;

if (A.OrderPending == false)
{
//submit order
}