position.Shares is always 1.0

Author: Ben_Zurich

Creation Date: 3/1/2013 10:55 AM

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Ben_Zurich

3/1/2013 10:55 AM

I'd like to fetch the number of shares WL6 has assigned to a position but always end up with

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having the value of 1.0 and not the number of shares listed in the 'Trades' visualizer.
My position size method is: Percent of equity.

How can I get the correct number of shares?

Eugene

3/1/2013 11:23 AM

If in doubt, please open up the QuickRef for Position object, Shares property, and see the remark:

QUOTE:
"In portfolio simulation mode, all trades are pre-executed using 1 share per Position, and then position sizing is applied after the fact. So the Shares property will always return 1 while the Strategy is executing."

You will have access to the actual number of shares in Position Sizers and Visualizers.

P.S. The "interacting with equity curve" solution allows to extract the number of shares too (see SystemResults.Positions collection) to some extent but essentially is a workaround that you play with on your own.