How to tell if order long or short

[westofpluto]

In OnExecutionUpdate I get order from execution.Order. How can I tell if this order is long or short? Is this reflected in order.Quantity (positive for long, negative for short)? Or is it determined some other way?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi westofpluto, thanks for posting.

You can use signal names to identify orders from OnExecutionUpdate. e.g.

EnterShort("ShortSignal");
EnterLong("LongSignal");

In OnExecutionUpdate, these can be identified with execution.Name

We have a related example here:
https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...and_onexec.htm

Kind regards,
-ChrisL