Adding to a Position?

[whoslooking]

Hello,
I'm sure this is an easy question for most people, but I can't seem to figure it out. So I have a strategy where I want a position to be added to an already open position.(qty 1 open and add another qty 1)

This seems easy enough but where I am running into a problem is I already have signal that opens a new position of qty 2 when this same signal is given.(thus giving me 3 qty when the max I ever want is 2)Is there a way to only open a qty 1 when this previous signal is given and give a qty 2 if the previous signal is not given?

Thanks for the help!

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Thank you for your note.

Just so that I understand correctly. You want to use a QTY of 2 only if you are already in the position. if you are not in the position already with a QTY of 1 then you want to use a QTY of 1.

I look forward to assisting you further.

[whoslooking]

Hello,

Thank you for your note.

Just so that I understand correctly. You want to use a QTY of 2 only if you are already in the position. if you are not in the position already with a QTY of 1 then you want to use a QTY of 1.

I look forward to assisting you further.

Sorry my explanation was poor. I ment that I want to use a QTY of 1 if I am already in the position and a QTY of 2 if there is no current position.

Or if there is another way, such as having code that only allows the QTY of 1 to be added if the previous signal has been triggered and then using a separate signal to open the QTY of 2 position if no current positions are open.

[whoslooking]

Is there a way to say if there is already a position open don't use this signal? I found the NTMarketPosition(string account) code, but I'm not sure if I can use it to say if there is a long position already don't use this buy entry?

[whoslooking]

Ok I figured it out haha...here is what I ended up doing to make sure the QTY of 2 signal wasn't being entered when there was already an open position.

&& (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat))

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Excellent, This would be what I would have recommended.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.