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Does anybody know how to trade in units consisting of a predefined number of contracts instead of a number of contracts in NinjaTrader 8?

For example: I want to trade 1 unit which is 5 contracts, 2 units would be 10 contracts.

It should be possible to define/maintain the number of contracts held by 1 unit somewhere. In the above example the number of contracts held by 1 unit is 5.

Thanks!

Edit: would this be possible in another charting package like for instance TradeStation or MultiCharts?


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Does anybody know how to trade in units consisting of a predefined number of contracts instead of a number of contracts in NinjaTrader 8?

For example: I want to trade 1 unit which is 5 contracts, 2 units would be 10 contracts.

If you're using ATM strategies, define an ATM strategy consisting
of 5 contracts, and another set consisting of 10 contracts -- then
just name them as "1U" and "2U".


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Does anybody know how to trade in units consisting of a predefined number of contracts instead of a number of contracts in NinjaTrader 8?

For example: I want to trade 1 unit which is 5 contracts, 2 units would be 10 contracts.

It should be possible to define/maintain the number of contracts held by 1 unit somewhere. In the above example the number of contracts held by 1 unit is 5.

Thanks!

Edit: would this be possible in another charting package like for instance TradeStation or MultiCharts?

I am using FlowBots Replikanto now and that's exactly what I was looking for.


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