Can for Loop have variable Increment/Decrement??

[piyushc]

#region Variables

private int TQ = 10; // Total Quantity
private int SOQ = 1; // Single Order Quantity

OnOrderUpdate()

for(int i = TQ - Position.Quantity; i>0 ; i--)
{
entryOrder = SubmitOrder(0, OrderAction.Buy, OrderType.Limit, SOQ, GetCurrentAsk(), 0, "", "EnterLongAgain"+i);

}
Question:
Instead of i-- in the Loop construct i want to use SOQ, the variable. Is that possible, How?
Reason is: In India we have to put Lot Sizes as Quantity & Not No. of Lots while trading.
So i might well be using(example):
TQ = 10000
SOQ = 1000

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello piyushc,

Thank you for your post.

This would not be possible with a for loop. I would not base order entry on the Position.Quantity in OnOrderUpdate() as the order could just be updating from pending submit to working and the quantity of the position would till be the same as previous. This would result in unnecessary orders submitted.

I would recommend using the OnPositionUpdate() method to begin updating the orders and not use a for loop for the additional orders. You could do something like the following:

			int total = 100;
			int increment = 10;
			if(Position.Quantity < total)
			{
				if(Position.Quantity < 20)
					// enter 1 order for your increment
				else if(Position.Quantity < 30)
					// enter 1 order for your increment
				// etc...
			}

[piyushc]

i really could not understand this.
pls elaborate, including the order entry.
Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Hi piyushc, to further clarify, a loop could have a custom increment as well, you would not be limited to one. i.e. consider this snippet stepping through in increments of 100 -

for (int index = 0; index < 1000; index += 100) 
{
Print(index);
}

For the OnOrderUpdate() you would need to be mindful for which state you trigger your action, which would hold true though for all event based handling. When do you want to scale in again? When the initial one has filled?