In the process of developing/testing some strategies, I had a situation where two different strategies with different time horizons on the same instrument are running at the same time but have opposite positions (one is short while the other is long). I was wondering how this would play out in live trading with a single account. Is it possible to be long and short in the same instrument in a live account? Or, will one strategy effect the position of another strategy? For example, strategy A is currently long and strategy B goes short with the net effect being flat in the account instead of being long in strategy A and short in strategy B.
Thanks,
gbrad
Comment