PNL not showing when using startegy?

[fredfred123]

When placing a trade PNL shows normally as my setting £, but when I use a stategy to place a trade all I get is £0 that goes red or green and doesn't show any value ?
If I click the PNL panel it will show PIPS and % but not the currency ?

I am using Sim101 account on Demo

Many thanks

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello fredfred123,

Thank you for the post.

Your NinjaScript Strategy is making profit/loss that is less than 0.01. If you have access to the code of this strategy, you may use Print() statements to print out your current PnL like so:

Print("Open PnL: " + Position.GetUnrealizedProfitLoss(PerformanceUnit.Points, Close[0]))

More on GetUnrealizedProfitLoss here:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?position_getunrealizedprofitloss.htm

You must also specify the literal quantity of the lot size, so entering long on a mini lot would look like this:

EnterLong(10000);

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

[fredfred123]

Okay thank you

So that when I enter a trade with chart trader I will get PnL,but not with the stategy. I would have to enter the script to allow this?

I am using the strategy builder and don't want to unlock the code, is there a way of doing this in another way through the strategy builder perhaps ?

Many thanks

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello fredfred123,

Thank you for the reply.

From the Conditions and Actions menu, add an action. Then, goto Misc>Print>Set>Set String0>Strategy>Unrealized PnL>OK. Then open up a new NinjaScript Output (New>NinjaScript Output) and you will see your PnL printing when the strategy is running on the chart.

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

[fredfred123]

Hi Chris

I tried the method you have posted but I get a long string of numbers and a letter E in it?

If I try this strategy with playback I see the PnL on the chart trader?

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hello,

Thank you for the follow up.

That is scientific notation. The values are quite small, that is why your PnL was left at zero
(0) but the zero was still changing from green to red. What lot size are you trading for this instrument?

I look forward to your reply.

[fredfred123]

Hi
understood, I was putting the wrong lot size in the strategy.

Many thanks