MarketDataType

[pman777]

Is there a way to determine whether the value from MarketDataType.Last represents a long position or short position?

[NinjaTrader_JoshG]

Hello pman777,
Thanks for your post.

MarketDataType would not have any concept of a position. You can use the PositionAccount object to check for the account position or the Position object to check the strategies position. If you wanted to check for a long or short position you would use the MarketPosition property for those objects.

For example, to check if the strategy is in a long position you would do something similar to the following snippet:

if(Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?position_marketposition.htm

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?positionaccount_marketposition.htm

[pman777]

thanks Josh, for context, I'm not looking to analyze my position or strategy ... i'm evaluating past large lot trades via OnMarketData and was hoping to also determine what type of position those trades were.

[NinjaTrader_JoshG]

pman777,

You would just need to check and see if the Last price was greater/lesser than the Ask/Bid. You can see an example of this in the BuySellPressure and BuySellVolume default indicators.

[pman777]

thanks Josh!