Calling Entry and Exit Trade Logic

[borland]

My multi-timeframe trading strategy has over 250 lines of entry logic and 220 lines of exit logic. What's the typical code structure to organize the logic code so as to isolate entry and exit trade logic? ... so that...

- entry logic is only calculated when flat, and
- exit logic is calculated when long.

Any examples? Do all the calculations need to be performed within the same Ninjatrader.strategy namespace or be limited to class "strategy"?

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello borland,

Thank you for writing in.

If you wish for specific logic to run only if your strategy is flat or long, you would want to check the Positions' MarketPosition property, where x would be the Bars index of the instrument:

// if the strategy is currently in a long position, execute this logic
if (Positions[x].MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
     // do stuff

// if the strategy is currently in a flat, execute this logic
if (Position[x].MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat)
     // do stuff

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/?positions.htm

You would want to keep these calculations within your strategy's class.