Automated Trading Language Documentation

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Position Properties

Execution of trade operations results in the opening of a position, changing of its volume and/or direction, or its disappearance. Trade operations are conducted based on orders, sent by the OrderSend() function in the form of trade requests. For each financial security (symbol) only one open position is possible. A position has a set of properties available for reading by the PositionGet...() functions.

For the function PositionGetInteger()

ENUM_POSITION_PROPERTY_INTEGER

Identifier	Description	Type
POSITION_TIME	Position open time	datetime
POSITION_TIME_MSC	Position opening time in milliseconds since 01.01.1970	long
POSITION_TIME_UPDATE	Position changing time in seconds since 01.01.1970	long
POSITION_TIME_UPDATE_MSC	Position changing time in milliseconds since 01.01.1970	long
POSITION_TYPE	Position type	ENUM_POSITION_TYPE
POSITION_MAGIC	Position magic number (see ORDER_MAGIC)	long
POSITION_IDENTIFIER	Position identifier is a unique number that is assigned to every newly opened position and doesn't change during the entire lifetime of the position. Position turnover doesn't change its identifier.	long

For the function PositionGetDouble()

ENUM_POSITION_PROPERTY_DOUBLE

Identifier	Description	Type
POSITION_VOLUME	Position volume	double
POSITION_PRICE_OPEN	Position open price	double
POSITION_SL	Stop Loss level of opened position	double
POSITION_TP	Take Profit level of opened position	double
POSITION_PRICE_CURRENT	Current price of the position symbol	double
POSITION_COMMISSION	Commission	double
POSITION_SWAP	Cumulative swap	double
POSITION_PROFIT	Current profit	double

For the function PositionGetString()

ENUM_POSITION_PROPERTY_STRING

Identifier	Description	Type
POSITION_SYMBOL	Symbol of the position	string
POSITION_COMMENT	Position comment	string

Direction of an open position (buy or sell) is defined by the value from the ENUM_POSITION_TYPE enumeration. In order to obtain the type of an open position use the PositionGetInteger() function with the POSITION_TYPE modifier.

ENUM_POSITION_TYPE

Identifier	Description
POSITION_TYPE_BUY	Buy
POSITION_TYPE_SELL	Sell

Updated: 2013.03.15

Order Properties