CQG API 4.0 - Revised
OTE Method
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day_

The desired day represented as Long:

day_ = 0 (Default): Means "today/current"

day_ > 0: Means "historical value for the specified day back": day_ = 1 (one day back) i.e. "yesterday close", 2 (two days back) i.e. "the day-before-yesterday close" etc.

CQGAccountSummary Interface : OTE Method

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Description

Returns the Open Trade Equity for the account.

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Function OTE( _
   Optional ByVal day_ As Long = 0 _
) As Double

Parameters

day_

The desired day represented as Long:

day_ = 0 (Default): Means "today/current"

day_ > 0: Means "historical value for the specified day back": day_ = 1 (one day back) i.e. "yesterday close", 2 (two days back) i.e. "the day-before-yesterday close" etc.

Return Type

OTE value represented as Double.

If the requested day_ parameter is 0, the returned value will be based on the current positions.

If the requested day_ parameter is higher than 0, the "close OTE" of the requested day will be returned.

If no data is available for the requested day an invalid value will be returned.

Remarks

If the account summary was requested through CQGCEL.QuerySummariesStatement, (which has its Date_ parameter specified) day_ will be ignored.


Note: In this release, in addition to the current value, only one day back (i.e., "yesterday close") is available.

Example

See the usage of OTE method in the AccountChanged event's example section.

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