manually closing a trade a strategy has opened

[gregm]

if I have a live strategy running (that opened a position) and I manually close the position - will the following statement see a flat account (from within my active strategy):

privatebool Flat { get { return Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat; } }


I am asking because it seems that if the strategy opens a position, then it will not return TRUE until the strategy closes the position (is this correct ?)

And if it is correct, how can I tell from within the strategy that the position is no longer open (so I can have the strategy stop managing the trade) ?

This seems to be the case also if a position is open from a historical bar and then it catches up to the latest bar - but keeps the position open when in reality there is no open position).

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi Greg,

That property only reads the strategy position, which is generated based on orders that the strategy manages. If you manually close an account position, this has no effect on the strategy position.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/strategy_position_vs_account_p.htm

NinjaScript strategies are designed as fully automated solutions, so there's no way to "tell" the strategy position your current account position. The strategy position is based only on the ruleset of your strategy and its management of orders.

If you're looking for a model where the strategy opens a position but then you manually manage the exits, check into NinjaScript > ATM integration:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/using_atm_strategies.htm