Enhance FILE API to include atm strategy status

[derwoodfl]

I've been using FILE API to open new positions with a named atm strategy for a couple years. I'm also able to close them completely and reverse with the position info files.
I'm now interested in adding the ability to scale out partial positions via FILE API. Algo gets me in via API but I monitor positions for optimum exits.

This works to scale out if I already know the exact strategy ID assigned at entry.

Entry: PLACE;<ACCT-REDACTED>;NQ 09-24;SELL;3;MARKET;;;GTC;;;NQ-22;My-ATM-STRAGETY-ID

Scale Out: PLACE;<ACCT-REDACTED>;NQ 09-24;BUY;1;MARKET;;;GTC;;;;My-ATM-STRAGETY-ID

I occasionally enter multiple concurrent longs/shorts so I can't bake a static strategy ID into my entries. So i need to let Ninja assign unique ids for strategy-id.

But there's no way to know via file api what they are named for open positions so I can target them in partial closes.

If you were to add ATM Strategy position info similar to the general position info.txt I could do that.

My locations for taking partials are different per trade. So can't bake a static number of ticks into TARGET1 in the ATM Strategy itself.

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello defwoodfl,

Thank you for your suggestion.

Are you perhaps looking for strategyPosition?

int StrategyPosition(string strategyId) - Gets the position for a strategy. Returns 0 for flat, negative value for short and positive value for long.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/functions.htm

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[derwoodfl]

Gaby, I am looking for the info you suggested from the DLL API functions but since I can only use FILE API I'm asking for that same info to be presented via FILE API.