How do I make sure there are no open positions?

[jertrade]

I'm testing out my script and start behavior is set to flat

StartBehavior = StartBehavior.WaitUntilFlat;

but as it is trading, I notice that it is submitting orders based on the logic of my code, which is reversing my positions very quickly. Ideally I want to set an if statement to check for open positions, is there anything like this?

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello jertrade,

Thanks for your post.

If you do not want the strategy to calculate a historical position and you always want the strategy to start from a flat position, you can add a check for State.Historical and skip processing in OnBarUpdate. You could also add a User Defined Input to control this check as well. For example:

    public class CalculateHistorical : Indicator
    {
        protected override void OnStateChange()
        {
            if (State == State.SetDefaults)
            {
                Name                                        = "CalculateHistorical";
                Calculate                                    = Calculate.OnBarClose;
                CalcHistorical                                = true;
            }
        }

        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
            if (State == State.Historical && !CalcHistorical)
                return;
            Print(String.Format("State: {0} CurrentBar: {1}", State, CurrentBar));
        }

        #region Properties
        [NinjaScriptProperty]
        [Display(Name="CalcHistorical", Order=1, GroupName="Parameters")]
        public bool CalcHistorical
        { get; set; }
        #endregion

    }

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