entry price variable not working!!!

[james377]

how do I set a variable under onbarupdate to set to the price I entered the market at?

double EntryPrice = Position.AvgPrice;

this doesnt seem to be working for me as when I added

double EntryPrice = Position.AvgPrice;
Print(EntryPrice);

it printed 0! yes...a load of zeros?!!

can anybody help me here???

[NinjaTrader_RyanM]

Hello James377,

Yes, it will be zero if you are not in a position. You may want to consider this check.

if (Position.MarketPosition (http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/MarketPosition.html)!= MarketPosition.Flat)
{
double EntryPrice = Position.AvgPrice;
Print(EntryPrice);
}

[james377]

thanks for this but the output window is just returning a load of zeros again?? why is this??help!

[james377]

profitfactor = 2;
EntryPrice = Position.AvgPrice;
//Print(EntryPrice);
SetProfitTarget("", CalculationMode.Price,EntryPrice + (profitfactor * TickSize));

any ideas why this wont work in onbarupdate?

[NinjaTrader_RyanM]

Make sure you've recompiled, removed any instances of the strategy and try again.

If you have any issues, please post the most recent OnBarUpdate() block for the code you're working with.