MarketPosition.Flat with long or short position open

[Borogove]

Hi! My Strategy uses "Position.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat" to check the position status as a primary means of activating or deactivating different stages in its progression. Unfortunately, after the Strategy opens a position (either long or short) it inaccurately returns "MarketPosition.Flat", which somewhat disrupts the rest of its job. Interestingly, it didn't (and doesn't still - just checked) do this when I was testing it in a Playback connection; but it does it without fail in both Simulation and Live modes.

Any ideas?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello Borogove,

Are you waiting for at least 1 OnBarUpdate event before printing the position? If you are printing that right after submitting the order then that would be the reason, you have to wait at least 1 OnBarUpdate event for the position to change, it won't change immediately after submitting an order.

[Borogove]

Ah! Thank you very much! You are absolutely right! I guess this means something else about my code is bollucksed up, but at least I'm not haring off in the wrong direction any more!