Position.MarketPosition Clarification

[gordongekko]

Do i need to change marketposition for a different boolean variable?
I put these additional exit conditions in the onbarupdate method and it won't compile:


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if(C1ose[0] < Low[1] && Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
{
ExitLong(DefaultQuantity,"BULL TRIGGER");
}
if(Close[0] > High[1] && Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Short)
{
ExitShort(DefaultQuantity,"BEAR TRIGGER");
}


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[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello gordongekko,

Thank you for your response.

Please provide the compile error descriptions when you report these.

In your code you provided you appear to have a typo where Close is listed as C1ose. Perhaps this is the error.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

[gordongekko]

It was an error about not being able to convert a string to an int so i removed the string portion which is probably not needed for that anyway but I'm not sure.

This code compiled but i have not tested it yet:



if(Close[0] < Low[1] && Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
{
ExitLong(DefaultQuantity);
}
if(Close[0] > High[1] && Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Short)
{
ExitShort(DefaultQuantity);
}

ERROR CODE:

The best overloaded method match for 'NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.StrategyBase.ExitLong(str ing, string)' has some invalid arguments CS1502 Argument 1: cannot convert from 'int' to 'string' CS1503 The best overloaded method match for 'NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.StrategyBase.ExitShort(st ring, string)' has some invalid arguments CS1502 Argument 1: cannot convert from 'int' to 'string' CS1503

when using this version:


if(Close[0] < Low[1] && Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
{
ExitLong(DefaultQuantity, @"BULL TRIGGER");
}
if(Close[0] > High[1] && Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Short)
{
ExitShort(DefaultQuantity, @"BEAR TRIGGER");
}

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello gordongekko,

Thank you for your response.

When using the string and int quantity you need to include two strings; one for the entry signal name and one for the signal name of the exit.

For example:

ExitLong(DefaultQuantity, [B]"EXIT SIGNAL NAME"[/B], @"BULL TRIGGER");

Please let me know if you have any questions.