Position.String()

[Trader.Jon]

Always use historical && realtime to check to enter or not within onbarupdate()
Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat

BUT gotta be a string somewhere I can use with that?
like:
Position.MarketPosition.sEntry1L == MarketPosition.Long

I am asking too much?

Jon

ps: So I get this far
Position.MarketPosition.ToString("sENTRY5L") == MarketPosition.Flat

and get a compile error, but to me it looks similar to the examples in the help files .. error is '==' cannot be applied to operands of type 'string' and 'NT.Cbi.MarketPosition'

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Hi Jon, this will be the overall strategy position - it looks like you try to work with the current partial position your specific entry signal would have? For this you would work with the IOrder objects offering a finer control - http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...nt7/iorder.htm

[Trader.Jon]

Bertrand,

Thanks, but still confused and trying ... IF I want to check to see if a SPECIFIC entry is till working (from a group of entrys made at the same time as an example) to qualify if I will make an additional entry in the strategy

 
[FONT=Arial][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#0000ff]protected[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#0000ff]override[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#0000ff]void[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Arial] OnPositionUpdate(IPosition position)[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]{ [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#0000ff]if[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Arial] (position.MarketPosition.ToString([/FONT][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#800000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#800000]"sENTRY5L"[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Arial]) == MarketPosition.Long)[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]{[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#008000]// reset bool variable[/COLOR][/FONT]
[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Arial]iVerifyFilled5L= [/FONT][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#0000ff]true[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Arial];[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]}[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#008000]//[/COLOR][/FONT]
[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#0000ff]if[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Arial] (position.MarketPosition.ToString([/FONT][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#800000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#800000]"sENTRY5L"[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Arial]) == MarketPosition.Flat)[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]{[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#008000]// reset bool variable[/COLOR][/FONT]
[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Arial]iVerifyFilled5L= [/FONT][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#0000ff]false[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Arial];[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]}[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]}[/FONT]

and should I use a simple bool or a boolseries to hold that qualifying information (I am guessing just a simple bool and then turn it off) as in above 'guess', And I now still have same error
error is '==' cannot be applied to operands of type 'string' and 'NT.Cbi.MarketPosition'

Thanks,
Jon

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Hi Jon, the above guess will unfortunately not work for this purpose, ToString just converts the returned value to a string, it does not allow you to specific to check a market position for a specific entry signal, the position property is just the overall strategy position. Yes, you could also use a bool flag to check which entry signal has triggered or should be available for retriggering.