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Thanks DT. You have put me on track. I am now trying to get the 
stop loss to work properly. 
Regards, Keith

--- In amibroker@xxxx, "dtsokakis" <TSOKAKIS@xxxx> wrote:
> Keith,
> what you ask is
> Short=Open>Ref(High,-1);
> Cover=Open<ValueWhen(Short,Open);
> Short=ExRem(Short,Cover);Cover=ExRem(Cover,Short);
> Take care in Settings, especially the Delay.
> DT
> --- In amibroker@xxxx, "knewhous" <knewhous@xxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Group,
> > 
> > What I am endeavouring to do is to write code for the following 
> > situation:
> > 
> > If the Open for today has gapped above yesterday's High I want to 
> > enter short at Open. I then want to exit the trade by Covering 
the 
> > Short at the next profitable Open, which will of course be below 
> the 
> > original entry point and could be any period in the future.
> > 
> > Short=Open>Ref(High,-1): gives me the entry, but
> > 
> > Cover=Low<(Open-1); will only give me an exit when the Low 
> is 
> > below the Open of the same day but some time in the future. In 
> other 
> > words the two expressions are not mutually exclusive.
> > 
> > Can anyone help me with this, please.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Keith.