I MarketPosition at Broker for The Strategy

Returns a numerical value, indicating the number of contracts and the type of position at the broker for the strategy. A positive value indicates a long position and a negative value indicates a short position.

A zero ('0') is returned when the current position is flat, or if Automated Trading is not turned on.

Usage

i_MarketPosition_at_Broker_for_The_Strategy

Notes

This function can only be used in indicators.

This function differs from the marketposition keyword in that it cannot take an argument to reference past values.

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

i_MarketPosition_at_Broker_for_The_Strategy will will return '17' if the current position at the 
broker for the strategy is 17 contracts long. 

i_MarketPosition_at_Broker_for_The_Strategy will return '-132' if the current position at the broker 
for the strategy is 132 contracts short. 

i_MarketPosition_at_Broker_for_The_Strategy will return '0' if the current position at the broker
for the strategy is flat. 

i_MarketPosition_at_Broker_for_The_Strategy will return '0' if the Automated Trading Mode is not
turned on.