Position

QuantConnect.Securities.Positions.Position

Position(
    symbol: Union[Symbol, str, BaseContract],
    quantity: float,
    unit_quantity: float,
)

Position(
    security: Security, quantity: Optional[float] = None
)

Bases: Object, IPosition

Defines a quantity of a security's holdings for inclusion in a position group

Signature descriptions:

• Initializes a new instance of the Position class

• Initializes a new instance of the Position class using the security's lot size as it's unit quantity. If quantity is null, then the security's holdings quantity is used.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
symbol	Optional[Union[Symbol, str, BaseContract]]	The symbol	None
quantity	float | Optional[float]	The quantity	None
unit_quantity	Optional[float]	The position's unit quantity within its group	None
security	Optional[Security]	The security	None

symbol

symbol: Symbol

The symbol

quantity

quantity: float

The quantity

unit_quantity

unit_quantity: float

The unit quantity. The unit quantities of a group define the group. For example, a covered call has 100 units of stock and -1 units of call contracts.

to_string

to_string() -> str

Returns a string that represents the current object.

Returns:

Type	Description
str	A string that represents the current object.