Qty lots for forex

[neo-13]

Good afternoon,
when we trade the forex you can trade mini or micro lots and you can have a quantity whose is a "double" and not a "int".
How do I do to use a double quantity please?
For example if I want to buy 2.5 lots or 0.25 standard lot.
In the guideline the good syntax is:
EnterShort(int quantity)

Thank's for your help.

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello neo-13,
Unfortunately you cannot place an order with an order quantity of 2.5. If your broker appends the lot size say as 1 (one) for a standard lot and not .01M then unfortunately you cannot place the order in fractions.

[neo-13]

Thank's for your answer,
it's incredible that a soft like yours cannot do this and so more the forex work like this.
How do they do the forex trader, they don't use NT certainly and you loose a great part of traders.
What's a pity. Do you think to add this in NT in a few time or not?

Thank's.

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello neo-13,
To assist you further may I know who your connectivity provider/broker is?

I look forward to assisting you further.

[neo-13]

It's not important to know my provider because before to trade I must to backtest and if I can't to backtest correctly I don't trade.
So just for your information my provider is Lmax.

Thank's for your help.

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello neo-13,
LMax is not our supported broker, however none of our supported broker accepts an order in fractions. Interactive Brokers etc appends the lot in .01M etc and you can define the order explicitly.

[neo-13]

Ok thank you. I work with IB too, so I never trade a system if I wasn't to able to test my strategy before!! It would be just a suicide.