show margin before a trade starts

[jambus1986]

Hello,

i have searched and google, but i could not find anything,...

is there a way to get the needed margin (or leverage) BEFORE a trade starts?

like instrument.GetMasterinstument.GetMargin or something like this?

thank you very much,

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello jambus1986,

Thank you for your post.

Not really, the only margin info we would have is the risk template applied to the account. It wouldn't be documented, but it may be possible to loop through that template and get a margin value, but the only risk templates in the platform would be for NinjaTrader Brokerage.

You can take a look at this post from our forums for some ideas:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/strategy-development/1204935-extract-info-from-risk-template-to-a-strategy#post1205026

That being said, I've added a vote to a current feature request for you for a way to get risk settings from a live account. This request is being tracked under the number SFT-3796.

As with all feature requests, interest is tracked before implementation is considered, so we cannot offer an ETA or promise of fulfillment. If implemented, it will be noted in the Release Notes page of the Help Guide.

Release Notes — https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ease_notes.htm

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