Getting Real Time Price with Position Object

[MajorIIssue]

I understand that when the OnBarUpdate() is called that the best real-time price available is the Close[0] value. However, since the Strategy object allows access to the Position is this a viable way to get the real-time price.

RTP = Close[0];
if (Position.MarketPosition.Long) {
RTP = Strategy.Position.AveragePrice + Strategy.Position.GetUnrealizedProfitLoss(Performa nceUnit.Currency) / Strategy.Position.Quantity
}
else if (Position.MarketPosition.Short) {
RTP = Strategy.Position.AveragePrice - Strategy.Position.GetUnrealizedProfitLoss(Performa nceUnit.Currency) / Strategy.Position.Quantity
}

The documentation states that if you do not pass a price value to GetUnrealizedProfitLoss() it will use the Real-Time price.
My reasoning is that sometimes when data is "Bursting" the OnBarUpdate() current bar may be a few bars away for non time based bars like volume bars.

Any thoughts?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi Major, thanks for posting. The best way to get the price would be to use one of the Price series (Close, Open, etc) or use GetCurrentBid/GetCurrentAsk on real time data.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/NT%20HelpGuide%20English.html?getcurrentask.htm

On historical bars, the Get methods will return the value of Close[0] for the working bar.

Kind regards,
-ChrisL