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What is the difference/advantage/disadvantage between your suggestion, using Position.MarketPosition and using "if (Position.Quantity >/</== 0" to check market positioning?
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That's just another way to skin a cat. I suspect that either would give you the same results if you're just trying to determine if you're in a trade. I typically use
Position.MarketPosition = MarketPosition.Long or MarketPosition.Short to deal with being long or short. You won't know that using Position.Quantity.
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