2 strategies management

[onlinebusiness]

So I have 2 separate strategies running on the same chart at the same time.
1. A long Strategy
2. A short strategy

The problem I'm having is when the short strategy open a trade while the long strategy still hasn't closed the previous trade. or the opposite.

How can I make it so each strategy can open trades only when the other strategy doesn't have any open trades going?
So each strategy has to wait until there are no open trades on the chart then it can open a new trade.

Thanks a lot

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello onlinebusiness,

Thanks for your post.

Please review this forum post by my colleague Chelsea explaining running multiple strategies that place orders in opposite directions on the same instrument and same account.
https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...660#post792660

Something you could consider is checking if PositionAccount.MarketPosition is equal to MarketPosition.Flat in your strategies before placing an order. Note that it could still be possible that both strategies try to enter a position at the same time if the conditions in both strategies become true at the same time.

PositionAccount: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ionaccount.htm

Otherwise, you could consider combining both strategies into a single strategy that enters either long or short depending on conditions.

Let me know if I may assist you further.