strategy that would exit a chart manually entered position

[dadarara]

little direction please
trying to create a strategy that would only EXIT already existing position on the chart, that was entered manually .

So the strategy checks the ACCOUNT position

if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long && Close[0]< SMA(10)[0]) ExitLong();

Not exiting. What am I doing wrong?

is it because the strategy has 0 position vs account ?
I am starting the strategy with : StartBehavior = StartBehavior.AdoptAccountPosition;

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi dadarara, thanks for your question.

Your strategy must adopt the account position, then detect the market position. I tested my entering the market and applying the following strategy, setting the start behavior to "Adopt account position" e.g.

    public class ExitStrategy : Strategy
    {
        protected override void OnStateChange()
        {
            if (State == State.SetDefaults)
            {
                //...
                IsAdoptAccountPositionAware = true;

            }
            else if (State == State.Configure)
            {
            }
        }

        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
            if(State == State.Historical) return;

            if (Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
            {
                ExitLong();
            }
        }
    }

Kind regards.

[dadarara]

Chris
How do I get the strategy periodically synced to the current account position (on every OnBarUpdate cycle ) and not only on strategy first run ?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi dadarara, thanks for your reply.

The startup behavior runs once at the enablement of the strategy. The current design would not allow the strategy to re-sync after its enabled.

Please let me know if I can assist any further.