combining not from same direction not okay

[SteveReiza]

is there a way to say if not in a long trade don't enter. i'm alright with my trades adding to one another in the same direction. but, sometimes they add from the other direction. and the stop and profit targets are still there present although the entry cancels out the existing order and the new one. so the stop losses get filled as entries. and, they don't have stop losses or profit target. very dangerous monetarily.

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello SteveReiza,

Thank you for your post.

Can you please describe what you mean by "adding from the other direction"?

You can add a check for MarketPosition in your strategy.

https://ninjatrader.com/es//support/helpGuides/nt8/position_marketposition.htm

To check if strategy is currently not going long:

if (Position.MarketPosition != MarketPosition.Long)
//do something

Please let me know if I can assist further.

[SteveReiza]

thanks for the reply. sweet i think you nailed it. i mean if i'm long already..the other direction meaning a short execution happens. so the same direction i mean longs can add to longs and shorts can add to shorts.

so i'll use that: if (Position.MarketPosition != MarketPosition.Long).