Position

Position object represents a single company ticker (symbol) currently in the grid. An instance can be retrieved from a grid by calling the get() method of Positions interface. Similarily, a symbols (tickers) can be inserted into the grid either manually (via the UI) or by using Positions.add('<symbol>') function of Positions interface.

Accessible fields

Field	Field type	Description
currentPrice	Number	The price of the last trade
bid	Number	Most recent bid price
bidSize	Number	The size of the bid side
bidTime	Number	The timestamp of the bid side
ask	Number	Most recent Ask price
askSize	Number	The size of the ask side
askTime	Number	The timestamp of the ask side
avgEnterPrice	Number	Avergage entry price
costBasis	Number	Total cost basis
marketValue	Number	Most recent market value of the entire position
description	String	company description
openPrice	Number	day’s open price
highPrice	Number	the high price of the day
lowPrice	Number	day’s low price
closePrice	Number	day’s close price (at market close)
prevClosePrice	Number	yesterday’s close price
rsi	Number	the current RSI value
ma50	Number
ma200	Number

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Sample code

JavaScript

//retrieve a current price from the grid

var AMC = Positions.get("AMC");

// Now we can test and apply some logic according to the current state of AMC

if (AMC !== null) {

Alert.info("AMC current price: $" + AMC.currentPrice);

}

Python

# get a reference to a symbol we're tracking in the grid

AMC = Positions.get("AMC")

# Now we can test and apply some logic according to the current state of AMC

if not AMC is None:

Alert.info("{} current price: ${}".format(item.symbol, item.currentPrice))