Setting Account Value as a Variable

[WolfTrader9]

I am trying to pull my trading account value for my trading bot to use as a variable. However, I keep getting a CS0103 error where it says the "GetAccountValue" does not exist in its current context.
Here is my code:

private double availableCapital = GetAccountValue(AccountItem.BuyingPower); // Available capital for trading
private double allocatedCapital = availableCapital; // Allocated capital for the purchased stocksvalue)

Thanks for any help you can provide.

[NinjaTrader_Emily]

Hello WolfTrader9,

Thank you for your post and welcome to the NinjaTrader forum community!

GetAccountValue() is a method that was available in NinjaTrader 7, though it has changed for NinjaTrader 8. In NinjaTrader 8 you could use Account.Get() to achieve the same goal. For more details, please see the following page:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/get.htm

This could look like the following in your case:

private double availableCapital = Account.Get(AccountItem.BuyingPower, Currency.UsDollar);

For additional information about this and other code breaking changes between NinjaTrader 7 and NinjaTrader 8, please review this section of the help guide:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/code_breaking_changes.htm

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance.

[WolfTrader9]

Thanks for the help, Emily.