GetRTInitialMargin (Reserved Word)

Disclaimer

Retrieve the Real-time Initial Margin amount from the TradeManager’s Balances tab for the given account.  Real-time Initial Margin is defined as follows:

Sum (Initial Margins of all positions in the given account)

Usage

GetRTInitialMargin(strAccountNumber)

Return  

Returns a floating point value identifying the dollar amount of Real-time Initial Margin for the given account.  Returns zero for an invalid account.

Inputs  

strAccountNumber is the string representation of the account to check.  GetAccountID returns the Account parameter needed here, or you can specify it manually.  

Example

Value1 = GetRTInitialMargin(GetAccountID);

  This reserved word uses processor intensive TradeManager calls that may adversely impact the performance of TradeStation and other applications on your computer.