MarketPosition question

[tradervick]

Goal: To have a strategy run that compares actual positions to strategy positions for an instrument and alerts me when they are different.

1st test: Test a strategy that if the MarketPosition = "flat", write a message to the log saying "Order is flat" in my Sim101 account.

Results: Was flat in the market and indeed the strategy logged this. Then I manually entered into the market. The strategy still logs "Order is flat".

Question: Why is this? I thought that marketposition is the actual position. Am I wrong? What methods can be used to determine strategy positions and actual positions?

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

Position.MarketPosition is in the scope of the strategy. NT7 will support access to account based position.

Here is some more relevant information - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/v...ead.php?t=4033

[tradervick]

Ray,

Thanks for the reply. I had already read the link explaining the difference between a strategy position and a "real" account position. That I understand. From your post, it sounds like Position.MarketPosition refers to the strategy position and NT7 will contain a new method to access the actual position for an instrument. Is there a time frame on when NT7 will be available to start using?

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

Your understanding is correct. Targeting end of year for beta.