How to exit at Position.Quantity without specifying a signal

[Austiner87]

Hi NT8,

I have about 6 different entry signals "1" "2" ... etc. But I am having trouble ensuring they all exit at once when I trade live with real money. As in, when I run the same strategy on a sim account on the live market, my code works just fine, the script exits all contracts when intended, but with live contracts/money sometimes I end up with contracts still in the market as if that signal did not take the intended exit.

I can get around this by simply having code that ensures an exit for all contracts for my total position regardless of the signal.

how would I modify the following to ensure this:

if (LongExit()
)
{
ExitLongLimit(Convert.ToInt32(Position.Quantity), GetCurrentAsk(0), "", "");
}

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi Austiner, thanks for posting. The Position.Quantity represents the total position of the strategy. Its not expected for a live strategy to work differently from a simulated strategy. Check the Log tab of the Control Center for any messages from this strategy while you were running it on your live account. Also turn on Trace Orders for the strategy to track each order it takes:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/NT%20HelpGuide%20English.html?traceorders2.htm

Kind regards,
-ChrisL

[woltah231]

Hello Austiner87,

You can exit a position without using Position.Quantity. I would also check if I'm in a position. For example:

int barsSinceEntry = BarsSinceEntryExecution();
int barsSinceExit = BarsSinceExitExecution();

// Check if we're still in position.
if ((barsSinceEntry >= 0 && barsSinceExit < 0) || (SystemPerformance.AllTrades.Count > 0 && barsSinceEntry <= barsSinceExit))
{
    // Exit Long Position
    ExitLong();
}

I hope this is helpful.

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