Position Display Indicator

[sissom]

Hi there,

I'm trying to get the Realized PnL in the Position Display Indicator to show Ticks. It currently shows currency in USD.

I've found the Line for The value. It's as follows:

realizedPnL = account.Get(AccountItem.RealizedProfitLoss, Currency.UsDollar)

I've tried changing "Currency.UsDollar" to "Ticks". When I do this I get the following error:
Code SC0103
The name 'Tics' does not exist in the current context.

Any ideas on how to show Realized PnL in Ticks?

[cls71]

try this:

double pnl = Account.Get(AccountItem.RealizedProfitLoss, Currency.UsDollar);
double points = pnl / Instrument.MasterInstrument.PointValue;
int ticks = Convert.ToInt32(points / TickSize);​

[sissom]

I had a lot of error with the spaces in the second and third line so I took the spaces out. These are the errors that come up now:

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello sissom,

Occasionally a non-alpha-numeric character can be copied from the forum.

Try deleting the copied and pasted lines first, then type the code by hand.

[sissom]

Thanks Chelsea and CLS,
That helped those. I think I'm getting closer, but still not quite there.

This what I have currently

Code:
realizedPnL = account.Get(AccountItem.RealizedProfitLoss, Currency.UsDollar);
double realizedPnL = account.Get(AccountItem.RealizedProfitLoss, Currency.UsDollar);
double Points = realizedPnL / Instrument.MasterInstrument.PointValue;
int Ticks = Convert.ToInt32(Points / TickSize);

I get this error:
CS0844
Cannot use local variable 'realizedPnL' before it is declared. The declaration of the local variable hides the field 'PositionDisplayIndicator.realzedPnL'.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello sissom,

You have:

realizedPnL = account.Get(AccountItem.RealizedProfitLoss, Currency.UsDollar);
double realizedPnL = account.Get(AccountItem.RealizedProfitLoss, Currency.UsDollar);

The first line attempts to use a variable before it's declared. (The type double before the variable name is how it is declared)
The second line declares the realizedPnL.
The first line appears to be a duplicate anyway and can be deleted.

[sissom]

Thanks again Chelsea,

Deleting the first line took the error away, but the Realized PnL still shows currency, and I'm looking for ticks.
So frustrating...

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello sissom,

Are you printing the Ticks variable?

[sissom]

Probably not because I don't know what that means

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello sissom,

Below is a link to the support article on adding debugging prints to understand behavior and includes videos.

https://support.ninjatrader.com/s/article/Developer-Guide-Debugging-using-Print-and-TraceOrders

After the calculations the Ticks variable should be holding the number of ticks of profit or loss.

[sissom]

Thanks so much Chelsea. I really appreciate the information. I have my homework