How do i get current market position in OnStateChange?

[westofpluto]

In OnStateChange I am trying to print the current market position like this:

} else if (State == State.DataLoaded) {
    if (Position == null) {
        Print(" Position is null");
    } else {
        Print(" Position is "+Position);
    }
    Print(" market position is ");
    Print(Position.MarketPosition);
} 

This is telling me that Position is null and it throws an error:

Strategy 'SimpleTestStrategy': Error on calling 'OnStateChange' method: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

So how can I get the initial position of a strategy? Do I just always assume it is Flat?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello westofpluto, thanks for writing in.

You would need to check this property in either State.Historical or State.Transition:

Add these the If-Else chain in OnStateChanged:

else if(State == State.Transition)
{
    // if(Position != null)
    // {
        // Print(Position.MarketPosition); // Transistion from historical to real time. 
    // }
}
else if(State == State.Historical)
{
    if(Position != null)
    {
        Print(Position.MarketPosition); //Start of the historical data
    }
}

Please let me know if I can assist any further.