Position account

[bergimax]

Hello, i have some question about Account.Position.

How can i know the account position of my second account?
And, how can i use this position in my strategy, for example in bar update?

Thank's in advance for the assistance,

Bergimax

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello bergimax,

Thank you for writing in.

You can access the positions of your secondary account by utilizing the Positions collection.

More information about using this collection can be found in the help guide here: http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...ns_account.htm

If you would like to check if the market position of a position at index 0 is long, for example:

if (secondAccount.Positions[0].MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Long)
     // do something

Please, let us know if we may be of further assistance.

[bergimax]

Using this, i have this error:
"Error on calling 'OnBarUpdate' method on bar 73940: You are accessing an index with a value that is invalid since it is out-of-range. I.E. accessing a series [barsAgo] with a value of 5 when there are only 4 bars on the chart."

Where i wrong?

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello bergimax,

Can you provide your script, or a sample script, that demonstrates this issue so I may investigate further?

To export your script, please follow the instructions below:

• From the Control Center window select the menu Tools > Export > NinjaScript... to open the "Export NinjaScript" dialog window
• Press "add"
• Use the "Type" drop down to filter available NinjaScript types
• Select all of the files that you want to export and press the "OK" button
• A list of all files that will be exported will be shown
• Press the "Export" button to export the selected files
• A NinjaScript Archive File (.zip) file will be created in My Documents\<NinjaTrader Folder>\bin\Custom\ExportNinjaScript. You can press ".." and change the export directory if you wish

Once you have exported the script, please attach the ZIP file to your reply.

[bergimax]

Here there is a simple script with create the error!

Thank's for the assistance!

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello bergimax,

You'll want to make sure a position exists first before trying to access it.

For example:

if (myAccount.Positions.Count > 0)
     // do something

[bergimax]

Than's ZacharyG!

But if i use " myAccount.Positions.Count > 0 " the strategy never taking the first position. Why?

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello bergimax,

Please only utilize this check before accessing Positions[0]. You do not want to wrap your entry logic in this statement.

For example:

if (myAccount.Positions.Count > 0)
{
     if (myAccount.Positions[0].MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat)
     .....
}

[elliot5]

Accessing Account position

Can you please confirm that:

&& Account.Positions[i].MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat

will detect if there is an account position in barsinprogress instrument i ... and not any
instrument position in the account.



I am finding that the following code does not differentiate between any account position and an individual barsinprogessindex position:

&& Positions[i].Account.Positions.Count == 0

Regards and pls remove the member who answered above. Life is hard enough.

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello everington_f,

Account.Positions[i] is going to give you whatever account position is at index i; this is not affected by added series in your strategy. Account.Positions holds all Position objects generated for the account.

You will need to use PositionsAccount: http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...onsaccount.htm

Please, let us know if we may be of further assistance.

[elliot5]

This is an NT 7 question..sorry forgot to mention it. Regards

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello everington,

Accessing account positions from a script is not a documented feature for NinjaTrader 7.

You will want to loop through all account positions and print out each position's Instrument property to find out what instrument each account position is for.

Example:

foreach (Account acct in Cbi.Globals.Accounts)
{
	if (acct.Positions != null)
	{
		PositionCollection positions = acct.Positions;
		foreach (Position pos in positions)
		{
			Print(pos.Account.Name + " " + pos.Instrument + " " + pos.MarketPosition + " " + pos.Quantity + " " + pos.AvgPrice);
		}
	}
}

[elliot5]

Hello everington,

Accessing account positions from a script is not a documented feature for NinjaTrader 7.

You will want to loop through all account positions and print out each position's Instrument property to find out what instrument each account position is for.

Example:

foreach (Account acct in Cbi.Globals.Accounts)
{
	if (acct.Positions != null)
	{
		PositionCollection positions = acct.Positions;
		foreach (Position pos in positions)
		{
			Print(pos.Account.Name + " " + pos.Instrument + " " + pos.MarketPosition + " " + pos.Quantity + " " + pos.AvgPrice);
		}
	}
}

The following code uses your idea.. but it is not able to access the flat market position for an instrument... what needs modifying to access the fact that an instrument is flat in the specified account? ( all of this would have been negated if there was a sync strategy position to fit the existing account position).





foreach (Account acct in Cbi.Globals.Accounts)
{
if (acct.Positions == null)
{
PositionCollection positions = acct.Positions;
foreach (Position pos in positions)
{
if (BarsInProgress == 16
&& pos.Account.Name == "USSwingStocks")
&& pos.Instrument.FullName == "COP")
&& pos.MarketPosition == MarketPosition.Flat)
&& Momentum(Closes[16],20)[0] < -1)


{
Print("True");
}

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello everington_f,

The position no longer exists on the account once the the position is closed.

You won't be able to pull any position information once the position is closed in NinjaTrader 7.

This is supported in NinjaTrader 8 with PositionsAccount and will return flat if no account position exists for any other instruments added in your script: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...onsaccount.htm

[elliot5]

Aha so with NT7 there is no real way to break out the MarketFLATPosition for a specific instrument in a specific account....