fractional position size.

[rtwave]

people with nt,




good day.



i am refining some strategies to be traded on the sqqq and tqqq etfs. the trends in historical prices for sqqq result in the need to use position sizes with up to 4 decimal places.



¿which kinds of data types will nt accept for position sizes? ¿decimal, double? ¿and how can one use only 4 decimal places for position sizes (the strategy will calculate variable position sizes based on last price and initial capital plus cumulative profits)?



there is a lot of debate on the internet on how to truncate a number to only 4 decimal places but the solutions vary according to the data type one is working with so it is best to understand which possibilities exist within nt.



very well, regards.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello rtwave,

In NinjaTrader fractional trading is not a current concept, you would need to use whole amounts for order quantities.

In your own logic you can calculate fractional numbers but all of the platforms order related methods/tools only take integer values starting at a minimum of 1 quantity.