After each strategy restart, I can not track of previous open positions

[godric]

Hi
Im fairly new to NT coding.
My broker is Interactive broker and it exits (disconnects form NT) once in a day so my strategy get restarted. and for each day that market opens my strategy can not determine what are the previous positions.
i added the script here.
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks in advance

P.S: Also, does any one has any idea how to solve the problem of each day exit from Interactive broker?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello godric,

Thank you for the post.

In this case, to avoid the disconnect you would need to use the IB Gateway instead of using TWS.

You can find directions on how to configure the gateway in the connection guide here: https://ninjatrader.com/ConnectionGu...nnection-Guide

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[godric]

Hi Jesse,

Thanks for your quick reply.
I tried the Gateway also and the same problem.
Lets just simplify the problem to this case that, there are some positions open in Ninja trader and you run new strategy,
1-How one can determine if previous positions are short or long?
2-How to count the size(number of shares ) that are already bought or sold in those positions.

Thanks in advance

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello godric,

Thank you for the reply.

This is going to depend on the start behavior that you select and also how your strategy is programmed. If your strategy is created to adopt the account position after it calculates you could refer to the Position object to find out the direction and quantity of the position it is in. If your strategy is not aware of the prior position meaning that when it enabled it did not re evalueate the same position or adopt it, you would need to use alternative means such as PositionsAccount or the addon account methods. I do see that you are using the addon account method already so that is one way to access the Positions collection. A position object has a MarketPosition enum which defines the direction and a Quantity property.


I look forward to being of further assistance.