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I MarketPosition at Broker

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A zero ('0') is returned when the current position is flat, or if Automated Trading is not turned on.
==== Usage ====
<syntaxhighlight>i_MarketPosition_at_Broker</syntaxhighlight>
==== Notes ==== * This function can only be used in indicators. Use the [[MarketPosition_at_Broker]] keyword in signals and functions.* This function differs from the [[MarketPosition]] keyword in that it cannot take an argument to reference past values. By saving the value of i_MarketPosition_at_Broker to a Numeric [[Variable]], it's possible to reference the position at the broker for previous bars or tick.* I_MarketPosition_at_Broker works with '''all''' brokers, though there are some peculiarities with [[Trading_Technologies|Trading Technologies]] ([http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9898&view=unread#p61922])::The '''Trading Technologies''' API doesn't provide information about positions opened the day before, in which case MultiCharts uses the average of all complete long (short) trades for the day to calculate the EntryPrice.
This function differs from the marketposition keyword in that it cannot take an argument to reference past values.  This function can only be used with Interactive Brokers, Patsystems, and Zen-Fire. ==== Important ====
If Automated Trading was manually turned off by the user, the value returned by the keyword stops changing, and may remain unequal to '0'.
==== Example ==== <syntaxhighlight>i_MarketPosition_at_Broker will </syntaxhighlight>* Will will return '17' if the current position at the broker for the strategy is 17 contracts long.  i_MarketPosition_at_Broker will * Will return '-132' if the current position at the broker for the strategy is 132 contracts short.  i_MarketPosition_at_Broker will * Will return '0' if the current position at the broker for the strategy is flat.  i_MarketPosition_at_Broker will * Will return '0' if the Automated Trading Mode is not turned on.</syntaxhighlight>
[[Category:Strategy Position]]

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